Aug 7th, 2024
2 mins
On 9th June 2023, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published guidance on labelling requirements for certain products moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
We are pleased to announce that we have updated the guidance, incorporating feedback and queries that we have received from businesses. This includes providing more examples of products falling into different phases, expanding on definitions e.g. of compound and composite products, and further details on products with exemptions to individual labelling.
Commodity Codes
We have also published the commodity codes for products that will be covered by Phase 2 – you can access them here
Commodity codes can be a helpful tool to complement the guidance. However, we recommend following the description of the products for each phase as set out in the guidance, rather than depending on the commodity codes alone.
In response to trader feedback, we have also updated the Phase 1 commodity codes.
Get in Touch
Should you have any questions or queries relating to the labelling guidance, please email us at ni.trade@defra.gov.uk.
