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What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Form L7 for the isolation, identification and toxin detection of clostridium botulinum and Staphylococcus aureus.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
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.
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.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Applications, changes and cancellations for consideration under the UK geographical indications (GI) schemes, how to object and appeal against decisions.
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Guidance on the handling of slurry and manure to help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
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.
Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.
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
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 import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
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