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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.
Register of nutrition and health claims that may be made in commercial communications in Great Britain.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Supporting documents containing information about the use and labelling of food supplements in England.
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.
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.
This guidance and starter guide has been issued in order to comply with Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Requirements for importers, retailers and wholesalers selling and labelling wine in Great Britain, including labelling laws for wine imports into England from 1 January 2024.
How to use ‘on hold’ health claims that are still under consideration in the EU in Great Britain.
Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
Outlines the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021, and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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