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As many people consider lifestyle changes at the start of the year, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is urging the public to make sure any weight-loss medicines they use are safe, effective and legitimate.
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 label must be: clear and easy to read…
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 any…
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…
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…
Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…
Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…
Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…
You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
Training tools providing evidence-based healthy weight messages for the public health workforce to use in discussions with children, young people and families.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Resources to support the commissioning and delivery of tier 2 behavioural weight management services for children, families and adults.
Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families
Find out how to do a rapid lateral flow test for COVID-19. Rapid lateral flow tests show the result on a device that comes with the test.
This study uses data from Young Lives, a longitudinal cohort study in Peru
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