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Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief (AIR), which is the repayment of Alcohol Duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
Check which ingredients to use to make cider or perry that qualifies for Cider Duty rates. If you use other ingredients, you must pay Wine Duty rates instead.
Find out which drinks are liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how much you may need to pay.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Results of the orchard fruit survey.
Check the rates of duty for beer, cider, spirits, wine and other fermented products.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
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