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Information about the UK food chain.

• Updated: 19 June 2025

Information about the UK food chain.

• Updated: 15 January 2026

Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.

• Overview

  To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…

• Food labelling - what you must show

  You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…

• Ingredients list

  If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…

• Food and drink warnings

  You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…

• Nutrition, health claims and supplement labelling

  Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…

• Organic food

  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.

Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.

• Updated: 6 November 2025

Compilation of food statistics.

• Updated: 15 November 2018

Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.

• Updated: 20 September 2022

‘Family Food’ is an annual publication which provides detailed statistical information on purchased quantities, expenditure and nutrient intakes derived from both household and eating out food and drink. Data is collected for a sample of households in the United Kingdom...

• Updated: 27 March 2015

‘Family Food’ is an annual publication which provides detailed statistical information on purchased quantities, expenditure and nutrient intakes derived from both household and eating out food and drink. Data is collected for a sample of households in the United Kingdom...

• Updated: 16 December 2015

Annual publication giving an overview of statistics about food.

• Updated: 23 April 2015