A

• Administration of Justice Act 1985
• Aerosol Paints
• Agriculture
  • Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts 1928 and 1931
  • Agriculture Act 1970
  • Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968
• Airbags and Seatbelt Tensioners
• Air-Conditioning Unit Inspections
• Alcohol Licensing
• Alcohol Sales
• Allergies - Allergy Labelling - A guide for small businesses
  (Food Standards Agency)
• Animal Feed
  • Feed Hygiene - Guidance on the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement)(England) Regs 2005
  • Bakers - Supplying Bread For Animal Feed
• Animal by-products and carcases, Disposal of - Guidance
• Animal Health
  • Animal Health Act 1981
  • Animal Health Act 1981 and the Sheep Scab Order 1997 (Leaflet)
  • Animal Health Contingency Plan
  • Animal Feeds - Retail Sale of
  • Animal Welfare Act 2006
  • Collection centre conditions
  • Construction of livestock transport vehicles
  • The Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003
  • Farm Animal Transport Journey Times
  • Notice to those who transport livestock by road
  • Transport of farm animals - cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry
• Antiquities/antiques
• Automotive EMC (Electro Magnetic Compatibility)
• Average Quantity - Guidance notes on average quantity

B

• Baby Walkers - Advice for Parents/Carers
• Bakers
  • Bakers - Supplying Bread For Animal Feed
  • Food Labelling for bakers
  • Small Bakers and Average Weight
• Beef Labelling
• Blinds
  • Window Blind and Curtain Cord Safety (Consumer Advice)
  • Window blinds and curtain cords (Business Advice)
• Bluetongue - Latest Advice
• Boats
  • Canal Boats
  • What to look out for when buying a boat
  • What to look out for when buying a used boat
  • Importing from outside the EEA
  • Modal Declaration of Conformity
  • Recreational Craft
  • Advice to Yacht Brokers
• Builders and Allied Trades - FAQs (Business)
• Business Names
  • Companies and Business Names
    • Particulars of Ownership Notice  480kb
• Butchers - Information for
• Buy With Confidence - Approved Trader Scheme

C

• Cafes - Keeping Within the Law in Pubs, Restaurants and
• Calves
  • Calves at market
  • Humane disposal of infant calves and possible outlets
• Canal Boats
• Cancellation of Contracts Made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc Regulations 2008
• Candle safety advice for consumers
• Candle safety advice for traders
• Car Boot Sales - Do you sell at
• Cars
  • Automotive EMC (Electro Magnetic Compatibility)
  • Buying Cars
  • Mileage of Used Vehicles
  • Used cars - prepurchase considerations
• Catering Establishments - Food Labelling for
• Cattle
  • Information for Keepers of cattle
  • Cleansing and Disinfection of Vehicles Carrying Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Pigs
  • Notice to all Exhibitors of Cattle Both For Showing and Trade Stands
  • Requirements for cattle identification
• Celluloid and Cinematograph Act 1922
• The CE mark (European Commission)
  There is information for businesses under "CE marking for Professionals" on what they have to do, and for consumers on what it means.
• Cement, concrete, mortar and screed - Danger poster  52kb
• Charity
  • Bogus Charity Collectors
• Child Car Safety Seats (Factsheet)
• Children and Young Persons Act 1933
• Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991
• Chinese Herbal Medicine Shops - Advice to
• Chinese Lanterns - Sky/Chinese lanterns - guidance for consumers
• Christmas Novelty factsheet
• Cigarette Lighters
• Clean Air Act 1993
• Cocoa and chocolate products - Guidance Notes (Food Standards Agency)
• Cold calling
• Colours in Restaurants and Take-aways
• Companies and Business Names
• Competitions - Conned by competitions?
• Computer Builders - EMC Advice
• Construction of livestock transport vehicles
• Consumer Products
  • Safe Consumer Products
  • Unsafe Goods - Liability for Damage or Injury
• Consumer Protection:
  • Consumer Protection Act 1987
  • Consumer Protection Act 1987 - A Guide to (Department for Business Innovation and Skills)
  • Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
• Cooking Appliances - Selling Used Gas,
• Cosmetic Products
• Counterfeit Goods - (Pirate - Bootleg - Counterfeit - Illegal)
• Curtain cords:
  • Window Blind and Curtain Cord Safety (Consumer Advice)
  • Window blinds and curtain cords (Business Advice)
• Customer Complaints - How to Deal With (Business Advice)

D

• Deer carcase and offal disposal - farmed and wild
• Development of Tourism Act 1969
• The Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003
• Disposing of Animal By-Products – Guidance for retail butchers
• Distance Selling
  • Distance Buying (FAQs) - Consumer
  • Shopping at Home - Your Guide to The Distance Selling Regs
  • Shopping on The Internet - Top Ten Tips
• Dogs Act 1906
• Doorstep crime
• Dry Cleaning

E

• Education Reform Act 1990
• Eggs
  • Eggs and poultry: Egg regulations
    (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Guidance on Legislation covering the Marketing of hen eggs
    (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • A guide for producers of eggs selling directly to consumers
  • Retail sale and labelling of eggs
• Elastic Jelly Yo-Yo Balls
• Electrical Goods
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Electrical Goods - Selling Safe Second-Hand
  • Electric Blanket Safety including safety checks
  • Electrical Plugs and Phone/MP3 Chargers, The Safety of
  • Electrical Safety Council Website
  • Mains Supply Cord - Safety Checklist for Consumers
• Electromagnetic Pollution and Your Company
• EMC - Automotive (Business Advice)
• Enforcement Policy - Trading Standards
• Enterprise Act 2002 (Office of Fair Trading)
• Environment
  • Detergents
  • Eco Labelling
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Environmental Claims
  • Environmental Protection Act 1990
  • Energy Conservation Act 1981
  • Green Labelling
  • Recycled goods, Promoting
• Environmental Health Offices in Hampshire
• Estate Agents
  • Estate Agents Act 1979
  • Information for Estate Agents - Property Descriptions
• Excess Packaging
  • Excess Packaging (Business)
  • Excess Packaging (Consumer)
• Explosives
  • Explosives Act 1875 and 1923
  • Explosives - Licensing and Registration - (Inc Fireworks)

F

• Farm animal transport journey times
• Farmers Markets - Regulatory Services and
• Feed (Animal)
  • Feed - Food and Feed Businesses (FSA) - Key Obligations of
  • Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
  • Feed Hygiene - Guidance on the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement)(England) Regulations 2005
  • Bakers - Supplying Bread For Animal Feed
• Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005
• Fireworks
  • Fireworks Act 1951
  • Licensing and Registration - Explosives
  • Firework Safety
  • Sale of Fireworks
• Fish
  • Fish Labelling and Traceability
  • Fishmongers - Information for
  • Food labelling for fishmongers
• Flights
  • My flight has been cancelled - what are my rights?
  • EC campaign to inform passengers about their rights
• Food
  • Food, Agriculture and Animal Health Web Site
  • Food Alerts
  • Food Complaints - Help with
  • Food and Environmental Protection Act 1985
  • Food and Feed Businesses (FSA) - Key Obligations of
  • Food hygiene for farmers and growers
  • Food Labelling:
    • Catering Establishments - Food Labelling for
    • Clear food labelling (Food Standards Agency)
    • Date and Lot Marking of Packaged Food
    • Food labelling for small retailers
    • Foreign Language Labelled Food
    • Labelling of Packaged Foods
    • Sandwich Labelling
    • Sweets - The Labelling of
  • Food Safety Act 1990
  • Food sampling by authorised officers
• FoodSmart - FoodSmart is designed to help students learn about healthy eating in a fun and interesting way.
• Footwear Labelling - A Guide for Retailers on
• Furniture
  • Selling Safe Used furniture

G

• Genetically Modified (GM) Food
  • Genetically Modified (GM) Food
  • Genetically modified foods - commonly asked questions
  • Labelling of Genetically Modified Food
  • Labelling of Genetically Modified (GM) Foods - A guide for caterers
• Giftware - Ornamental and Novelty - A Guide For Retailers
• Glass and Glazing - Replacement
• Goats - Cleansing and Disinfection of Vehicles Carrying Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Pigs
• Goods
  • Buying goods - your rights
  • Returns policies: a guide for retailers
  • Safe consumer products
  • A trader's guide to the civil law relating to the sale and supply of goods
  • Unsafe goods - Liability for damage or Injury
• Greengrocers
  • Greengrocers and the Law
  • Food Labelling for Greengrocers
  • Information for Greengrocers
• Green Labelling

H

• Hallmarks
  • Hallmarking Act 1973
• Health & Nutrition Claims
• Health & Safety at Work Act
• Herbal Medicine Shops - A Guide to Chinese
• Holidays
  • My flight has been cancelled - what are my rights?
  • EC campaign to inform passengers about their rights
• An introduction to the Home Authority Principle  189kb
  (Local Government Regulation)
• Homeworking schemes
• Honey Packers
• Horses
  • Guidance For Those Who Transport Horses by Road
  • Horse Passports
  • Welfare of Horses at Markets Order 1990
• Hotels - Displaying Prices in Hotels and Guesthouses (Business Advice)
• Hot water bottle - safety

I

• Internet
  • Internet - Selling on the Net (Business Advice)
  • Internet Auction Sites - (Business Advice)
  • Shopping on the Internet - Top Ten Tips
  • Shopping at home - Your Guide to Distance Selling Regulations
• IT - Computer Builders

J

• Jams
  • Jams and Similar Products - Requirements For Small Packers and Direct Sellers
  • Jam and Similar Products (2003 Regulations) Compositional Requirements
• Jewellery - Nickel in Jewellery and Clothing

K

• Knives/offensive weapons

L

• Labelling
  • Bakers - Food Labelling for
  • Beef Labelling
  • Catering Establishments - Food Labelling for
  • Clear food labelling (Food Standards Agency)
  • Date and Lot Marking of Packaged Food
  • Fishmongers - Food Labelling for
  • Foreign Language Labelled Foods
  • Labelling of Packaged Foods
  • Sandwich Labelling
  • Small Retailers - Food Labelling for
  • Sweets - Labelling of Sweets
• Law and legislation
  • Legislation (Trading Standards)
  • UK Legislation web site (The National Archives)
• Licensed Trade
  • Licensed Trade - Trading Standards and the
  • A Good Practice Guide for Licensees
  • A guide to the trading standards law applying to licensed premises
• Licensing
  • Petroleum licensing
  • Licensing - Performing animals
  • Licensing of explosives
  • Sale of poisons
• LifeSmart - Consumer education within the Citizenship Curriculum
• Logos - Membership and approval logos, and claims of approval
• Lottery Tickets

M

• Mains Supply Cord - Safety Checklist for Consumers
• Measures, Verified Disposable Plastic - Availability for the sale of draught beer and cider
• Meat
  • Demystifying Meat - information about meat content
  • Meat Products Compositional Standards
  • Selling Home Produced Meat
• Metric - Selling in - A Guide For Retailers
• Mobile 'Phones:
  • Mobile Phone Base Stations (Health Protection Agency)
    This information explains how mobile phone base stations and telecommunications masts work. It also addresses some of the key public concerns about the possible health effects of exposure to radiation from telecom equipment.
  • Mobile Phones
  • Mobile Phone Fascias
• Mock auctions / one day sales
• Money - Making Money Matter
• Mortar - Cement, concrete, mortar and screed - Danger poster  52kb
• Motorcycles
  • Motorcycle - Buying a
  • Motorcycle Noise Act 1987
  • Motorcycle Noise, Controlling

N

• Nickel in jewellery and clothing
• Nightwear - Selling New
• No Cold Calling Zones
• Nursery School Meals Project

O

• Olympics - Staying legal during the Olympics
• One day sales:
  • Mock auctions / one day sales
  • One Day and Occasional Sales: A Guide to Venues
  • One Day Sales - Be on Your Guard
• Organic Products - A Guide for Producers, Processors and Packers of
• Ornamental and Novelty Giftware - A Guide For Retailers

P

• Package Tours and Holidays - Business Advice
• Packaged Goods - Guidance notes on average quantity (The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006)
• Packaging
  • The composition and use of packaging
  • Excess Packaging - Business (FAQs)
  • Excess Packaging - Consumer (FAQs)
• Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925:
  • Licensing - Performing Animals
• Pesticides - Sale and Advertisement of
• Pet food - A guide to the retail sale of
• Petroleum
  • Basic Elements of Training For Authorising Attendants Employed at Petrol Filling Stations
  • Forecourt Fuel Dispensers ‘Running up a Penny’
  • Making Tanks Safe
  • Petroleum Licensing
  • Petroleum Records Search
  • Safe Storage of Petroleum at Home
  • Safety and Petroleum Spirit
  • Vapour Recovery
• Pigs
  • Are you thinking of buying a 'micro pig' as a present?
  • Cleansing and Disinfection of Vehicles Carrying Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Pigs
  • Keeping pet pigs
  • Information about the keeping and movement of pigs
• Poisons
  • Poisons Act 1972
  • Sale of poisons
• Poultry
  • Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003
  • Guidance for the handling of poultry at markets
  • Guidance notes on the registration and records of poultry
• Prams and Pushchairs - Selling New and Used
• Press Releases (Trading Standards)
• Price Marking of Goods For Retail Sale - A Guide For Retailers
• Prices Act 1974 and 1975
• Primary Producers - Information For (FSA)
• Product safety complaints
• Projectile Toys (Business Advice)
• Property Misdescriptions Act 1991
• Prosecutions - Traders prosecuted by Hampshire Trading Standards
• Protection of Animals Act 1911
• Pubs - Keeping Within The Law in Restaurants, Cafes and
• Pushchairs
  • Britax offer of free safety kits for strollers (External Site)

Q

• QUID (Quantitative Ingredient Declaration)

R

• Rabies - Prevention and Control
• RAPEX - Latest notifications - European Commission
  RAPEX is the EU rapid alert system for all dangerous consumer products, with the exception of food, pharmaceutical and medical devices.
• Recreational Craft
  • Canal Boats
  • What to look out for when buying a boat
  • What to look out for when buying a used boat
  • Importing from outside the EEA
  • Model Declaration of Conformity
  • Recreational Craft
• Rented Accommodation
  • Rented Accommodation, Consumer Safety in - For Tenants
  • Rented Accommodation, Safety of Goods in - Landlords and Letting Agencies
• Restaurant
  • Colours in Restaurant and Take-Away Food
  • Restaurants - Keeping Within the Law in Pubs, Cafes and
• Retail Sale of Animal Feeds
• Retailers, Small - Food Labelling for
• Returns policies: a guide for retailers
• Road Safety - Hampshire County Council Road Safety Unit
• ROSPA - The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

S

• Safe and Sound - General consumer advice for residents in Hampshire
• Safety
  • Product safety complaints
  • Safe Consumer Products
  • Safety Sampling
  • Safety Alerts:
    • RAPEX - Latest notifications - European Commission
      RAPEX is the EU rapid alert system for all dangerous consumer products, with the exception of food, pharmaceutical and medical devices.
• Sales
  • Booking one day sales
  • One day and occasional sales: A guide for venues
• Sandwich Labelling
• Seat Belts - Air bags and seat belt tensioners
• Scams
  • Conned by competitions?
  • Frequently asked questions - Doorstep sales/scams
  • Homeworking schemes
  • Scams - Publishing and marketing
• Schools
  • FoodSmart - FoodSmart is designed to help students learn about healthy eating in a fun and interesting way
  • LifeSmart - Consumer education within the Citizenship Curriculum
• Screed - Cement, concrete, mortar and screed - Danger poster  52kb
• Services
  • Buying services - your rights
  • How to make a complaint about an unsatisfactory service
• Sheep
  • Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles carrying cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
  • Sheep identification
  • Sheep Scab Order 1997
  • The slaughter of sheep for private consumption by the owner
• Sky/Chinese Lanterns - guidance for consumers
• Solicitors Act 1974
• Solvents
• Supplier goes out of business
  (Citizens Advice Bureau)
• Sweets - Labelling of Sweets

T

• Takeaway businesses, Advice to
• Talks
• Telecommunications Act 1984
• Textile Labelling - A Guide to Business on
• Theft Act 1968
• Tickets - Resale of, (Business Advice)
• Timeshare Act 1992
• Tobacco
  • Tobacco Advertising
  • Tobacco control
  • Tobacco - Guide for Retailers
• Toys
  • Home Toy Producers
  • Importing Toys - The Basics
  • Projectile Toys
  • Selling safe toys
  • Toy safety guidance for parents
  • Toys For Charity Schemes
  • Toys From Market Traders and Mobile Stallholders
• Trade descriptions - A Guide For Business
• Trade Marks Act 1994
• Trading Stamps Act 1964
• Trading Standards - How to contact us by telephone, email or post
• Trading Standards Service in Hampshire: A Short History
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies - TSE Regulations 2006
• Transportation of animals
  • Construction of livestock transport vehicles
  • Notice to those who transport livestock by road
  • Transport of farm animals - cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry
• Travel
  • My flight has been cancelled - what are my rights?
  • EC campaign to inform passengers about their rights
• Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Tuberculosis Controls - (Department for Enviroment Food and Rural Affairs)
• Tyres
  • Selling safe part worn tyres
  • Tyresafe web site

U

• Underage Sales
• Used gas cooking appliances, Selling

V

• Vapour Recovery
• Vehicles - Mileage of Used
• Verified Disposable Plastic Measures - Availability for the sale of draught beer and cider
• Veterinary Medicine Records - Keeping and Retention of
• Video Recordings:
  • Video Recordings Act 1984
  • Videos and DVDs for Sale and Hire

W

• Waste Food
  • Waste Food - The Disposal of
• Weighbridges
  • List of Public Weighbridges
  • Public Weighbridge Operators
• Weights and Measures
  • Selling Metric - A Guide for Retailers
  • Weighing Equipment in Use For Trade
  • Weights and Measures - Consumer Advice
  • Weights and Measures Act 1985
  • Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 - Guidance notes on average quantity
• Window Blinds
  • Window Blind and Curtain Cord Safety (Consumer Advice)
  • Window blinds and curtain cords (Business Advice)

X

Y

• Yacht Brokers - Advice to

Z