We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
‘Family Food’ is an annual publication which provides detailed statistical information on purchased quantities, expenditure and nutrient intakes derived from both household and eating out food and drink. Data is collected for a sample of households in the United Kingdom...
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.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Article explores shift from feeding to nourishing people
This report provides an overview of the trends of urbanisation, the urban poor, and urban nutrition
This resource outlines how councils and partners can help small food outlets and schools offer healthier food to reduce obesity levels
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
What public and private actions are needed to strengthen the impacts of agri-food value chains on nutrition India?
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is a non-statutory, independent body of scientific experts that advises the Food Standards Agency on any matters relating to novel foods (including genetically modified foods) and novel processes (including food irradiation)....
The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) is an independent scientific committee that provides expert advice to government on microbiological issues and food. ACMSF is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Food Standards Agency .
The diagnosis, management and epidemiology of Bacillus spp.
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...
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).