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We’re the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England. We help to protect and restore our natural world. Natural England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
The diagnosis, management and epidemiology of Bacillus spp.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Using an ecological momentary assessment to evaluate your digital health product.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.
Sources of radioactivity in the environment and how levels of radioactivity are monitored and assessed.
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
Webinars on changes to importing food and drink, including composite food and fishery products from the EU to Great Britain.
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