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How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
This toolkit helps both those who buy food and catering services for the public sector and potential suppliers.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
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.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
When your pet must go in quarantine, how to book a pet carrier and quarantine premises, and how to get your pet released from quarantine.
Guidance for businesses on OPSS border controls.
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.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Information about the UK food chain.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
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