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Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Guidance on health and identification marks that must be applied to products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, egg products, fish, cheese and milk.
Novel foods authorisation requirements and what you need to submit as part of a novel food application.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports and when you need to be authorised.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Establishments approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and how competent authorities can change the establishment list.
Guidance on applying general food law and hygiene regulations to cell-cultivated products.
Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.
Supporting documents containing information about the use and labelling of food supplements in England.
Information for anyone who is already consuming or is considering consuming raw drinking milk or raw cream.
This guidance and starter guide has been issued in order to comply with Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
Supplementary guidance to applicants for the assessment of cell cultivated products in food: identity, production and microbiology.
Find out the requirements for importing organic products and when you need a certificate of inspection (COI).
How to register for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme to move or sell food in Northern Ireland.
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.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food, feed, seed and other agricultural products in the UK.
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