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Legal obligations for businesses

Legislation dealt with by Trading Standards falls into the following main categories:

  
 
Fair Trading
 Misdescribed goods and services, misleading advertising, misleading prices, purchases over the internet, doorstep selling, scams, counterfeiting, etc.
Product Safety
 Regulation of products used by consumers in every day life to ensure they are safe, CE marks, recalls, etc.
Weights and Measures
 Using weighing and measuring equipment for trade, controls on goods sold by quantity, labelling goods sold by quantity
Under age sales
 Details of age restricted goods and how to report under age sales.
Food Standards
 Controls that govern what goes into food, plus how food is labelled and described
Consumer Rights
 Quality of goods and services, rights to a refund, cancellation rights, etc.
Overloaded Goods Vehicles
 Goods vehicles that exceed permitted weights on the public highway
Animal Health
 Obligations on keepers of livestock to ensure the welfare of animals and to keep records for the purpose of helping to prevent the spread of disease
Enforcement policies
 Environmental Services Enforcement Policy Documentation and Information
  
 
 
 
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