About Trading Standards
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Why we are here
This service aims to:
- Protect the community from illegal or unfair trading practices.
- Protect the local economy, by ensuring Shropshire's traders do not suffer from unfair competition./item]
- Forge close links with the business community and wherever possible ease the legislative burden.
- Protect the local economy by ensuring the highest level of animal health and welfare./item]
We are responsible for around 70 Acts of Parliament and 900 Regulations, supported by 50 Codes of Practice and thousands of standards.
We make visits to manufactures, distributors, retailers and service providers using risk assessment criteria to target our activities. Products and services are sampled and tested to quality and safety standards.