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Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
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…
Evidence and information for health and care professionals and the wider public health workforce to promote the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
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.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Information about the UK food chain.
Sustainable food system indicators for the UK.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regulations and its staff work in meat plants to check the standards...
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 18 April 2024.
Outlines results from cassava flour samples
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
You must be licensed by the Food Standards Agency to irradiate food in Northern Ireland
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
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