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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 which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
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.
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.
Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
The Institute supports global food security, sustainable development and poverty reduction through research, advice, teaching and training. It’s been independent of the UK government since May 1996, when it became part of the University of Greenwich.
Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Increase flood resilience with natural flood management.
Guidance on the handling of slurry and manure to help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
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