Guidance and regulation

Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 3 January 2017

What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 July 2021

How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 13 November 2020

Outlines the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021, and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 29 September 2023

Rules for exporting or moving organic food, feed and seed from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 April 2023

Lists of all natural mineral waters recognised in the UK, and English, Scottish and Welsh waters recognised by the EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein (EEA).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 22 March 2024

Guidance to compliance on European Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and certain other substances to food.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 8 January 2021

Information for egg producers, deliveries, collectors and packing centres to follow the law on registration, marketing and stamping of eggs.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 1 July 2020

How producers can get non-UK natural mineral waters recognised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), or get UK products recognised overseas.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 22 February 2022

Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 16 August 2022

Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 16 September 2020

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.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 23 February 2022

Marketing standards for hatching egg and chick producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 February 2021

Marketing standards for veal and beef importers, exporters, producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 February 2021

Food business operators bound by the Compulsory Beef Labelling Scheme must keep traceability records to show the origin of their meat.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 1 April 2014

Approved laboratories for wine testing and analysis before it's exported or moved from Great Britain (GB) to the EU or Northern Ireland (NI).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 December 2020

Information about vitamins, minerals and certain other substances that may be added to foods in Great Britain.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 12 January 2021

See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 29 February 2024

How organic control bodies can apply for recognition to certify organic food, feed and seed from non-UK countries (third countries) for export to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 21 April 2023

What happens if an inspector finds you are breaking regulations on compulsory beef labelling.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 6 May 2016