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The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
There are rules for bringing food or animal products into Great Britain…
The rules on bringing meat, dairy, fish and other animal products depend…
The rules on bringing fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds depend on the…
You’ll need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…
If you declare banned food products to Border Force officers at customs,…
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Work to develop the Government Chemist capabilities in food fraud through the identification and quantification of food adulterants.
Decision for applicant WW Foods LLC against registration number 13808347, applicant successful.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Will Quince MP appointed to conduct review into public sector food procurement
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
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.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
How to object to an application to register for UK geographical indication (GI) protection, change or cancel a product specification and how to appeal against a decision.
Foresight project looking at the increasing pressures on the global food system between now and 2050.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
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...
Applications, changes and cancellations for consideration under the UK geographical indications (GI) schemes, how to object and appeal against decisions.
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