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Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
Emails from the Food Standard Agency about problems with food on the market
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations.
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 about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
The laboratory provides diagnostic microbiological testing services for the examination of food, water and environmental samples.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
Find out which food and animal feed goods qualify for unfettered access and can move from Northern Ireland to Great Britain without sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls.
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is an independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other government bodies on matters concerning the toxicity...
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
The government has set out plans to make the UK food supply chain most cutting-edge in the world
Check what processes are considered as insufficient production under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Webinars on changes to importing food and drink, including composite food and fishery products from the EU to Great Britain.
How to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
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