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Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Legal requirements that you have to follow as a food business.
Legal requirements for providing food information to consumers Other than…
Register of nutrition and health claims that may be made in commercial communications in Great Britain.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How to report, respond to and prevent an incident, including how to withdraw or recall unsafe food products.
How to comply with food standards law when producing, importing or selling bread and flour.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food, feed, seed and other agricultural products in the UK.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Guidance on health and identification marks that must be applied to products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, egg products, fish, cheese and milk.
Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.
Guidance to help food businesses meet labelling requirements for prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Different food additives and advice on regulations and the safety of additives in food.
Rules on certifying and labelling organic food, feed and seed.
Supporting documents containing information about the use and labelling of food supplements in England.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
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