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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
Check which ingredients to use to make cider or perry that qualifies for Cider Duty rates. If you use other ingredients, you must pay Wine Duty rates instead.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
This is a list of all the opinions the RPC issued in 2014 on Food Standards Agency (FSA) measures.
Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Sustainable food system indicators for the UK.
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