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A resource to support local authorities, NHS commissioners and providers, voluntary and community sector organisations to take action to reduce obesity.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Outlining the shared commitment of professional organisations working together to support the public health workforce to have healthier weight conversations.
A list of herbal ingredients which are banned or restricted for unlicensed medicines.
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration including a list of banned ingredients and granted herbal medicines.
From 1 January 2014 herbal smoking products will have Tobacco Products Duty charged on them unless they are to be used exclusively for medical purposes.
Fake, potentially harmful Ozempic and Saxenda pens have been found in the UK: you should only access these medicines via a medical prescription.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Placing a veterinary medicine on the market, including non-medicinal products, medicinal words and phrases, how to obtain advice, report non-compliance.
For the first time in the UK, obese patients and people who are overweight with weight-related health problems could now have access to Mounjaro, currently used for Type 2 diabetes, to help manage their weight and support weight loss.
Training tools providing evidence-based healthy weight messages for the public health workforce to use in discussions with children, young people and families.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
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