We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
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…
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
Urgent and clinically significant safety updates arising from pharmacovigilance data, including reported adverse events, for veterinary medicines authorised in the UK.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
Information relating to rare side effects after vaccination.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).