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How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
New approach puts an end to confusing recycling and excessive bins
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Up to £295m in capital funding for local authorities to roll out weekly food waste collections
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
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 and when local authorities can and cannot use fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for householders not complying with waste receptacle requirements.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
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