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Cafes - Keeping within the law in pubs, restaurants and
Calves
- Calves at market
- Humane disposal of infant calves and possible outlets
Camp site safety
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)

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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
Electromagnetic pollution and your company
EMC - Automotive (Business Advice)
Enforcement Policy - Trading Standards
Enterprise Act 2002 (Office of Fair Trading)
Environmental/green Issues
Estate Agents
- Estate Agents Act 1979
- Information for estate agents - Property descriptions
Explosives
- Explosives Act 1875 and 1923
- Explosives - Licensing and registration - (Inc Fireworks)

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Farm animal transport journey times
Farmers markets - Trading Standards and
Feed (Animal)
Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005
Fireworks
Fish
Flights
- My flight has been cancelled - what are my rights?
- EC campaign to inform passengers about their rights
Food
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

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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
Hotels - Displaying prices in hotels and guesthouses (Business Advice)
Hot water bottle - safety

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Knives/offensive weapons

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Labelling
Law and legislation
- Legislation (Trading Standards)
- UK Legislation web site (The National Archives)
Licensed Trade
- A good practice guide for licensees
- A guide to the trading standards law applying to licensed premises
Licensing
LifeSmart - Consumer education within the Citizenship Curriculum
Logos - Membership and approval logos, and claims of approval
Lottery tickets

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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

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QUID (Quantitative Ingredient Declaration)

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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
Rented Accommodation
- Rented accommodation, Consumer safety in (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
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

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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
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
Sky/Chinese Lanterns - guidance for consumers
Solicitors Act 1974
Solvents
Supplier goes out of business
(Citizens Advice Bureau)
Sweets - labelling)

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Talks
Telecommunications Act 1984
Textile Labelling - A guide to business on
Theft Act 1968
Tickets - Resale of, (Business Advice)
Timeshare Act 1992
Tobacco
Toys
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 - What we do
Trading Standards Service in Hampshire: A Short History
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies - TSE Regulations 2006
Transportation of animals
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

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Waste Food
- Waste food - The disposal of
Weighbridges
- List of public weighbridges
- Public weighbridge operators
Weights and Measures
Window Blinds
- Window blind and curtain cord safety (Consumer Advice)
- Window blinds and curtain cords (Business Advice)

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Yacht brokers

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