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You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
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…
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Product recall for Pacago children's wooden food kitchen pretend clay fruit and veg set presenting a serious risk of choking.
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 the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Accepted food hygiene or food safety qualifications as applicable to ships cook's and others processing food in the galley.
Biofortification is an important technique where the nutritional quality of food crops is enriched through the increase of nutrient content.
Amendment 1 provides information on the requirements of the maritime labour convention relating to ship's cooks and catering staff.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
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