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Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
Form L7 for the isolation, identification and toxin detection of clostridium botulinum and Staphylococcus aureus.
Information about the UK food chain.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
We are responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies...
A guide to the use of the Public Health England (PHE) proficiency testing (PT) schemes for food and water microbiology.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Annual information on the productivity of the UK food chain.
A guide to the scoring systems and statistics used for the PHE proficiency testing (PT) schemes for food and water microbiology.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export HRFNAO to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Results from the quarterly monitoring programme to check UK grown and imported food for pesticide residues.
This document contains the following information: The Food Standards Agency: A Force for Change.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
This document contains the following information: The Food Standards Agency - Consultation on Draft Legislation
Previously published copies of the annual national statistics publication food chain productivity
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
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