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Tax and reporting rules for employers providing food and groceries for employees
Accepted food hygiene or food safety qualifications as applicable to ships cook's and others processing food in the galley.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
If you’re a VAT registered business, check if you can temporarily reduce the rate of VAT on supplies relating to hospitality, accommodation, or admission to certain attractions.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for food and catering services
This public procurement plan aims to help government procurers to take a more consistent approach to buying food and catering services.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
Find out when you need to pay VAT if you provide holiday accommodation, caravans and camping facilities.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
A list of the catering retail and leisure/pay as you dine charges for military personnel.
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