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Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Guidance for EU exporters, exporters from the rest of the world and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
Beef abattoirs must dress, categorise, classify, weigh and label carcases according to regulations, and communicate results to suppliers.
How you can use, process or store similar free circulation goods in place of goods that you have declared for a customs special procedure.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Inspectors will make unannounced visits to check that you’re complying with the rules for compulsory beef and veal labelling.
You must label beef, veal, mince and trimmings according to compulsory rules; extra information must meet food labelling legislation.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
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