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Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Practical training materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff to teach about healthy eating.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
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.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Example menus and useful guidance for early years settings to help meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for food and drink.
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