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Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How to comply with food standards law when producing, importing or selling bread and flour.
Register of nutrition and health claims that may be made in commercial communications in Great Britain.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Supporting documents containing information about the use and labelling of food supplements in England.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.
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.
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 label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
Requirements for importers, retailers and wholesalers selling and labelling wine in Great Britain, including labelling laws for wine imports into England from 1 January 2024.
You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
How to use ‘on hold’ health claims that are still under consideration in the EU in Great Britain.
How to import and move eggs for human consumption to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from EU and non-EU countries.
Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
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