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Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
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.
You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on how to apply for and maintain a joint-label for use on veterinary medicines placed on the market in the UK and Ireland.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
Rules about the labels that tyres must display to give information about fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classification.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for Veterinary Practice Premises Inspections.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
Scheme to help cover the costs to prepare for phase 1 labelling requirements under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS).
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
Guidance on the European Union regulation on explosives precursors, including licensing, labelling and reporting suspicious activity
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
The rules about product labelling - including special rules for retailers and manufacturers in different business sectors (like food, jewellery and toys)
Guidance for suppliers and dealers.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
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