Trading Standards business advice
How we can help you with a wide range of consumer laws and keeping livestock.
How we can help you
Trading Standards offers business advice on a variety of consumer laws including metrology, product safety, food labelling, website compliance, statutory information and keeping livestock.
We have officers experienced in Trading Standards law who can answer your questions efficiently and quickly. We will provide you with clear information free of jargon.
For advice and guidance, use the Business Companion as your first call.
Useful information for businesses
Allergy information for businesses
The Food Fraud Resilience Self-Assessment Tool guides food business owners and employees through a series of questions designed to help them identify the risk to their business from food crime, and outlines steps that they can take to mitigate this. Businesses can complete this anonymously or choose to share their details with the FSA to receive tailored advice and support.
The .gov.uk website provides guidance on food labelling requirements
All businesses
Business companion provides understandable information on the law for all type of businesses from food, to car dealers, to feed and farming businesses.