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Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Statistics about crops grown in the UK for non-food use.
Find out what compound products are, and how to import or move them from the EU to Great Britain.
The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is a non-statutory, independent body of scientific experts that advises the Food Standards Agency on any matters relating to novel foods (including genetically modified foods) and novel processes (including food irradiation)....
Information about the UK food chain.
The symptoms, diagnosis, management and epidemiology of listeriosis, the infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
Foresight project looking at the increasing pressures on the global food system between now and 2050.
Applications, changes and cancellations for consideration under the UK geographical indications (GI) schemes, how to object and appeal against decisions.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Information for clinicians on diagnosis and notification of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS).
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...
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
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...
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.
In most developing countries, the agricultural sector is critical to drive both economic growth and human development outcomes for rapid poverty reduction.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Guidance on exporting or moving high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Webinars on changes to importing food and drink, including composite food and fishery products from the EU to Great Britain.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
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