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Webinars on changes to importing food and drink, including composite food and fishery products from the EU to Great Britain.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
Check the tariff classification for electromechanical food processors.
This research project aims to develop improved analytical methods of food allergens and interpretation of results.
Emerging Insights from DFID funded food markets programme in East and Southern Africa.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Information about the UK food chain.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
We are responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies...
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
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.
How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
These publications provide analyses and data that are not classified as research or official statistics.
Information about COVID-19 and pregnancy from the Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
Find out how to validate your facility when you seek approval to open, including special requirements for continuous and blood processors.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
A research project to develop a new global network tool for food safety notifications.
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