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Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors
As an employer providing meals for your employees, you have certain tax,…
You don’t have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or pay…
If the meals or vouchers you provide aren’t exempt, you may have to report…
The following guides contain more detailed information: subsidised meals…
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Guidance to help provide free meals to disadvantaged 16 to 18 year old students in further education funded institutions.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Over 800 charities and community organisations struggling with increased demand have been awarded funding as part of a £76 million package.
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