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Find out when and at what rate you need to charge VAT if you supply food and drink for catering or takeaway.
If you run a food business, you must make and follow a system for managing…
Thorough cooking kills harmful bacteria. Undercooked food can cause food…
Chilling food Chilled food must be kept at 8°C or below. This is a legal…
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg). You must be able to prove…
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg). Cross-contamination is…
When you store and transport food make sure that: food is in packaging or…
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
See the list of applications to protect or cancel the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Guidance on food labelling including best before and use-by dates, vegan labels and allergen labelling.
Set up a food safety system based on hazard analysis principles: steps, document templates, toolkits and ‘MyHACCP’ online.
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