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Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
There are restrictions on what items you can take in your hand luggage and…
There are restrictions on the amount of liquids you can take in your hand…
When travelling with a baby you’re allowed to take enough baby food, baby…
Musical instruments Contact your airline before you book if you want to…
You’re allowed to carry the following in your hand luggage: essential…
You can only take certain electronic devices and electrical items on…
Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Sports parachute Yes Yes…
Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Tool with a blade or shaft…
You cannot take any of these items as hand luggage or in the hold:…
You cannot take any guns or firearms (including air rifles and starting…
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Guidance for those involved in the placing of packaged goods on the market.
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
Guidance for organisations who may need to report packaging data because they are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
How to assess household and non-household packaging if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
Information for retailers and distributors of tobacco products, enforcement agencies and the public on changes to tobacco packaging.
Form for packing centres to apply for approval to pack eggs.
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