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
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for cleaning products: requirements for sprays, packaging and banned chemicals.
The CMA will scrutinise ‘green’ claims made by Unilever about certain household essential items, such as a number of cleaning products and toiletries.
Product recall for The Laundress Laundry and Household Cleaning Products which are microbiologically contaminated and present a health risk.
Information and advice on cleaning sex-on-premises venues.
There are different regulations which apply to devices and equipment including hand gels and PPE (personal protective equipment)
This guidance provides information on COVID-19 in homelessness, domestic abuse refuge, respite room and asylum seeker accommodation settings.
Restrictions on items you can take into a court or tribunal building; going through security
How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.
Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
The use of chemicals to clean algae and other deposits off slipways and marine structures can cause pollution.
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
Check the tariff classification for surface-active preparation for washing the skin and the hair (gel 2-in-1).
Find out when it's possible to get zero-rated supplies on medical and research goods and services that have been funded by charities.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Guidance for people who have been diagnosed with a mpox infection and who have been advised to self-isolate at home.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
The requirements for 3D printed products will depend on whether they are classed as medical devices, personal protective equipment (PPE) or both.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
How the MHRA makes decisions on when a product is a medical device (borderline products), and which risk class should apply to a medical device.
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. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone.