We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Guidance for businesses on the marking of measuring container bottles, with lists of approved and inactive manufacturers’ marks.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
It's illegal to buy alcohol if you're under 18 and you can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police for drinking in public
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Find out about operations that can be carried out on alcohol goods received and stored in bulk in an excise warehouse.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).