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A study collating historical data of intense sweeteners and preservatives in soft drinks and analysis of how they are currently regulated.
A test study was carried out to determine the effect of combinations of chemical preservatives and acidification on microbial growth in stored puree
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.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Find out what repairs or processing you can do to your goods in a customs warehouse without authorisation, this is known as usual forms of handling.
Find out if the goods you're declaring to inward or outward processing are classed as sensitive goods.
Trade remedies protect domestic industries from unfair practices around imports. The UK’s own independent trade policy includes a trade remedies system.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
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