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The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
If your business deals in food you must: make sure food is safe to eat…
Part of complying with food safety is managing food hygiene. Hazard…
You can be inspected by your local council at any point in the food…
You must tell the Food Standards Agency (FSA) if you think any food your…
This article identifies the unintentional consequences of reallocating management responsibility away from government agencies towards households
Summary of the policy context to recognize the increased risks facing an unregulated and unmonitored self-supply rural water service model
Guidance for manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out if you have to pay, when and how to register, the rates, how to fill in returns and make payments.
We are responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards...
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Controls on UK food and feed imports, checks and inspections of high-risk food at UK borders, fees and documentation for importers.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
Find out if you can use the Excise Payment Security System when paying the duty due on excise goods released for consumption in the UK.
Find out how you can import alcohol into the UK and the duty and VAT you need to pay for each method.
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.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
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