Safety

Please use the links on this page for detailed safety information on:

• Product safety news and recalls.
• Food safety news.
• Safety information leaflets - downloadable leaflets on topics such as second-hand electrical goods, toys and furniture.
• Age restricted products - do you know which products can be legally sold to young people? Information for businesses and consumers.
• Electric blanket safety - old or damaged blankets cause more than 5,000 fires a year.
• Petroleum storage and licensing - Trading Standards is responsible for the safe storage and licensing of sites storing petrol.
• Explosives and fireworks - any business planning to store explosives such as fireworks, gunpowder, safety cartridges or detonators (including air bag detonators) is required by law to have a current explosives registration or licence.
• Crucial Crew - safety events for Shropshire Year 6 children (aged 10-11). Crucial Crew events are run in partnership with businesses, police and fire authorities, the NFU and others.
• Poisons - information on The Poisons Act 1972 and the Poisons Rules 1982.