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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.
How to get refrigerated or heated vans, trucks and trailers approved to transport perishable food in or out of the UK, and the documents you need to have.
Get help to classify rice and related products for direct human consumption for import and export.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
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.
Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
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