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How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
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.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
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