Trading standards
Category Items
Consumer advice
The Consumer Advice Service, in partnership with Consumer Direct, offers help and advice on your rights as a consumer.
Food labelling and composition
Find out what information must be on food packaging.
Trading standards - advice to businesses
We advise on and enforce legislation designed to protect the consumer from dishonest traders.
Trading standards - education
Help on consumer matters is available for young people in schools and colleges through a variety of education programmes. Trading Standards is active in ensuring that youngsters can apply for proof of age cards.
Trading standards - fair trading
We give advice aimed at protecting residents from rogue traders, scams and counterfeit goods. Find out about No Cold Calling Zones, and our information network and doorstep selling advice pack.
Trading standards - product safety
All products sold to consumers must be safe. Products found to be unsafe are recalled by distributors or banned by trading standards. Find out what products have been recently recalled.
Trading standards - trader approval schemes
Finding reliable, trustworthy tradesmen to make improvements and repairs to your home can be difficult; here we offer help and advice on how to find them.
Trading standards - under age sales
We enforce the laws restricting sales of certain products (tobacco, alcohol, fireworks and knives) to young people under 18.
Trading standards - weights and measures
We ensure that the quantities of any goods you buy are the correct weight, volume, length or other measurement. We also deal with complaints about those traders who may have given short weight or measure.
