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Listen to this siteThe Agency regularly issues guidance to food industry representatives and other stakeholders on a range of topics, often as a result of new regulations coming into force.
Guidance notes on the Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Guidance Notes on the Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland)
Guidance Notes on The Food Labelling (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and The Food Labelling (Amendment No 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
EC General Food Law Regulation 178/2002
The Food Standards Agency has issued guidance notes to provide advice in relation to regulation 41 of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2007, which came into force on 14 December 2007. Parallel regulations apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Legislation comes into force on 1 January 2008 requiring slaughterhouse operators to 'request, receive, check and act upon' food chain information (FCI) for all pigs sent to the slaughterhouse.
Guidance notes issued in December 2006
This guidance is aimed primarily at businesses (including SMEs, which may either use the guidance directly or learn about it via trade associations or enforcement authority contacts) that manufacture, use, import or sell materials and articles made from plastic that are intended for use in contact with food.
Legislation concerning animal feedingstuffs, which includes pet food and feed for horses and farmed fish, is harmonised throughout the EU and based on measures negotiated in Brussels by the Member States.
Published 30 June 2009
The Agency has issued guidance notes on the labelling requirements for compound feedingstuffs in Northern Ireland.
This question and answer (Q&A) provides advice on the requirements of the EC Feed Hygiene Regulation (183/2005). The guidance has been updated to take into account latest developments and in response to stakeholder comments.
Guidance on recognition, exploitation, bottling and labelling rules for natural mineral water, spring water and bottled drinking water in the UK.
Guidance note for enforcement officers
The Food Standards Agency has updated the Specified Risk Material and other BSE Controls Guidance, which was distributed to Northern Ireland local authorities and other interested organisations in June 2003.
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