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Find out what compound products are, and how to import or move them from the EU to Great Britain.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
The Government Chemist team has published guidance on analytical limits for controlled cannabinoids in specified products containing cannabidiol (CBD)
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Between January and March 2024, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issued compound settlement offers to 6 UK exporters totalling over £1.3 million.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
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