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Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Applications closed open for the 2018 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Awards on 5 September.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Energy Security Secretary has told Parliament that with growing geopolitical tension, the best agricultural land must be protected for food security.
Remarks delivered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG at the UK Pavilion, Cannes Film Festival, on 16 May.
FCDO travel advice for Chad. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
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