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Controls on UK food and feed imports, checks and inspections of high-risk food at UK borders, fees and documentation for importers.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP), and prepare for an inspection.
Find out if a restaurant, takeaway or food shop has good food hygiene standards.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards...
Sustainable food system indicators for the UK.
Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.
A review of developments in food and feed law and related scientific and regulatory issues that affect the UK
Things to consider when buying and using products.
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