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How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store sealed containers of food waste.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage of food, source segregated waste and mixed municipal waste at a collection point.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to notify the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Putting your goods into temporary storage means you can delay the full customs declaration and payment of import VAT and duty for up to 90 days.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
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