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Animal source foods (ASF) are an important source of nutrients. They are a particularly good source of iron and zinc which prevents stunting.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
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.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Information to help food businesses comply with nutrition legislation.
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.
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
The government is introducing new measures to limit the amount of land farmers can take out of productive actions under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)
Information about the UK food chain.
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