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Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out how you can use manure, guano and digestive tract content, including how to store and move them.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Find out how the ATA Carnet works, what to do at customs, and what happens if your goods are lost, destroyed or stolen.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Check the tariff classification for bones with some meat, fat and tendons (so called soup bones).
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
ATA Carnet lets you temporarily export commercial samples, trade fair or exhibition goods and professional equipment to countries that are part of the ATA Carnet system.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
Find out what repairs or processing you can do to your goods in a customs warehouse without authorisation, this is known as usual forms of handling.
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