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Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
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.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
An innovation competition aiming to accelerate commercialisation of innovative longer duration energy storage projects.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for SQP retailers’ premises inspections.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
The S3 waste exemption lets you store sewage sludge at a site where it will be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.
How to store oil safely, check which oil storage regulations apply and pollution penalties
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
When you must tell the Environment Agency that you're storing material containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and how to do it.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
What farmers and land managers must know about slurry separators, storing and applying separated materials.
Find out who can be authorised to store, process or produce excise goods in a UK Freeport customs site and how to apply to do so.
Storage guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
How to get refrigerated or heated vans, trucks and trailers approved to transport perishable food in or out of the UK, and the documents you need to have.
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