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Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief (AIR), which is the repayment of Alcohol Duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
We promote competition and protect consumers with a clear end goal – economic growth and household prosperity. CMA is a non-ministerial department.
See the list of applications to protect or cancel the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Apply for approval from HMRC to produce alcoholic products such as beer, cider, spirits, wine, and other fermented products in the UK.
Protected wine name with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
Protected spirit drink name
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