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Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Information on herbal medicines, how to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR), banned or restricted herbal ingredients, homeopathic medicines and fees.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR) to market a herbal medicine in the UK.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
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.
How traditional herbal medicines and homeopathic medicines will be treated by the MHRA.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
This series brings together all documents relating to minerals surveys.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
How to get relief from excise duty on oil used in certain ways using the Industrial Relief Scheme, also known as the Tied Oils Scheme.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
This page provides information about the legal requirements governing the import of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold into Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021.
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