Our Trading Standards service aims to promote a fair,
safe and equitable trading environment for both consumers and
businesses across North Somerset.
As a law enforcement agency it is responsible for enforcing
more than 70 Acts of Parliament and more than 1,300 associated UK
and European regulations which have an impact on practically all
aspects of modern life.
Whether you are buying a loaf, a litre of petrol or jetting off
on holiday we are responsible for making sure many of the
transactions you make are carried out within the law.
We specifically deal with all of the following issues:
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Consumer credit
- Consumer goods safety
- Counterfeit goods and hallmarking
- Farm
Animal health, feedstuffs and pet foods
- Farm animal movements, identification, records and disease
control
- Fireworks and explosives - licensing, sales and
storage
- Food composition and labelling
- Holidays and timeshare
- Misleading advertisements and misdescribed goods or
services
- Petroleum licensing
- Price marking
- Rogue traders
-
Sales of poisons
- Scam mail
- Underage sales of alcohol, tobacco, DVDs and solvents
- Weights and measures
-
Weighbridge operator certificates.
For more information on all these and any other
issues visit the
North
Somerset Trading Standards website or
our service
standards page and download our Environmental and Consumer
Services service standards.
