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Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
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.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Check if you'll need an import licence and what import duty you'll need to pay when importing certain agricultural goods and food from outside the UK.
Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
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.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards...
Information about the UK food chain.
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
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.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
Guidance on exporting or moving high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
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