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McCance and Widdowson’s 'composition of foods integrated dataset' on the nutrient content of the UK food supply.
Statistics about crops grown in the UK for non-food use.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
The T13 exemption allows you to recover waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.
Form L7 for the isolation, identification and toxin detection of clostridium botulinum and Staphylococcus aureus.
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is an independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other government bodies on matters concerning the toxicity...
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
This series brings together all documents relating to Government Chemist reviews of changes in food and feed legislation affecting the UK.
The laboratory provides diagnostic microbiological testing services for the examination of food, water and environmental samples.
These documents explain how OHID is approaching reduction and food and drink reformulation as part of the government’s obesity strategy.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
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.
Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) proficiency testing (PT) samples for food microbiology in freeze-dried format.
Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
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