Trading Standards

The overall aim of the service is to improve significantly the quality of life for Shropshire people through the promotion of a fair and safe trading environment and high standards of animal health and welfare.

Our pages on this site give an overview of what Trading Standards do and the type of information we provide. We then have links to more detailed information on the Trading Standards website, which include:

• Latest news - safety recalls, food alerts and press notices.
• Consumer advice - know your rights, downloadable leaflets, advice on how to avoid scams and doorstep selling.
• Advice to businesses - downloadable leaflets, advice for new businesses and how to avoid scams.
• Safety - fireworks, explosives, petroleum, age-restricted products, poisons and electric blanket safety.
• Quality standards - food and animal feed.
• Animal health and welfare - information leaflets, animal movement licensing and animal feed.
• Weights and measures - information leaflets, hiring weights and weighbridges.
• Fair trading - information leaflets, credit and pricing.
• About us - find out more about Trading Standards.
• Quality of our service – our service delivery plan and how we are performing.
• Schools - weekly quiz and Ask Cedric - Consumer Education Resource and Information Centre.
• Your views - consultations and your chance to tell us how we can improve.
• Contact details - telephone, email and address details, including emergency contacts and opening times.

We want to hear your views

We take your views seriously and are constantly trying to improve the service we provide. We want to design our service to meet your needs. Please make your views known by filling in the survey attached to this page. It should take less than 5 minutes to complete the questions.