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Information about the UK food chain.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Form L7 for the isolation, identification and toxin detection of clostridium botulinum and Staphylococcus aureus.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Applications, changes and cancellations for consideration under the UK geographical indications (GI) schemes, how to object and appeal against decisions.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
The diagnosis, management and epidemiology of Bacillus spp.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Guidance on the handling of slurry and manure to help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Putting your goods into temporary storage means you can delay the full customs declaration and payment of import VAT and duty for up to 90 days.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
Emails from the Food Standard Agency about problems with food on the market
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
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