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Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Article explores shift from feeding to nourishing people
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
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.
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