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Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
How to get refrigerated or heated vans, trucks and trailers approved to transport perishable food in or out of the UK, and the documents you need to have.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
The UK Health Security Agency examines foods from local and port health authorities to help safeguard consumer health.
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