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Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
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.
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.
Check the tariff classification for dried peas processed as pea flour.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Check if you'll need an import licence and what import duty you'll need to pay when importing certain agricultural goods and food from outside the UK.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Check the tariff classification for heat treatment of dried vegetables.
Information about the UK food chain.
Get help to classify rice and related products for direct human consumption for import and export.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
This series brings together all documents relating to Government Chemist reviews of changes in food and feed legislation affecting the UK.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
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