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Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
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 information about the product (on the…
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 water…
If you’ve identified a risk of potential allergen cross-contamination…
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…
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
What businesses need to tell you about allergens, report food that caused a reaction and sign up for allergy alerts.
Guidance on food labelling including best before and use-by dates, vegan labels and allergen labelling.
Responding to food or feed incidents as a business: withdrawals, recalls, reporting to authorities, investigating the cause.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
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.
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