What we do
Here you can find out about what the Trading Standards service does.
Safety and road traffic:
- Checks the safety of a wide range of consumer goods including toys, upholstered furniture, and electrical items.
- Enforces laws that prevent the sale of alcohol, tobacco, knives and other age-restricted products to young people.
- Carries out checks to ensure vehicles are not overloaded or illegally using weight-restricted roads.
- Licenses the storage of explosives, particularly fireworks, and checks they are stored safely.
- Licenses petrol filling stations and checks their safety in partnership with Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Use this link to find out more information on Consumer Safety. You can also view our Consumer Safety leaflets
Animal health:
- Attends livestock markets to protect the health and welfare of farm animals.
- Checks the identification of farm animals to help prevent/eradicate the spread of disease.
- Ensures that farm animals are legally and correctly transported.
- Ensures the correct disposal of dead farm animals.
- Provides advice to farmers on animal health and welfare and disease control requirements.
- Inspects livestock premises and carry out investigations into complaints.
Use this link to find out more information on Animal Health. You can also view our animal health leaflets
Food, agriculture and metrology:
- Carries out Food Standards inspection in shops and factories.
Carries out food and feed hygiene inspections on farms.
- Checks and samples food for composition, labelling and 'use by' dates.
- Checks and samples animal feeding stuffs and fertilisers for composition and labelling.
- Investigates complaints about short weight.
- Investigates complaints about food and agriculture matters.
- Tests weighing and measuring equipment at petrol stations, shops, pubs and factories.
- Checks packaged goods to ensure correct weight.
- Provides a commercial calibration and testing service.
Use this link to find out more information about weights and measures matters. You can also view our weights and measures leaflets
Use this link to find out more information about food matters. You can also view our food leaflets
Fair trading, advice and education deals with:
- Misdescribed goods including cars.
- Doorstep crime and bogus callers.
- Product counterfeiting.
- Misleading price indications.
- Package holidays and timeshare.
- DVD film classifications.
- Consumer credit - including loan sharks.
- Estate agent descriptions.
- Rogue traders who trade unfairly.
They also handle complex consumer law issues referred to the service by Consumer Direct and provide education to local consumers and business about trading standards issues.
Use this link to find out more information about Fair Trading matters. You can also view our fair trading leaflets
Find out more about Trading Standards by using the link in the more information section on this page.
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