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Trading Standards Sue Harvey Kent County Council Trading Standards.

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1 Trading Standards Sue Harvey Kent County Council Trading Standards

2 Licensing & Registration Petroleum storage Explosives storage including fireworks 2 nd hand goods sellers Animal feed businesses

3 Weights & Measures Testing trade equipment e.g. petrol pumps, weighbridges, scales Checking packing systems in factories e.g.food, feed, cosmetics, sand & ballast

4 Fair trading Product and service descriptions Trading practices Contract terms and cancellation rights Door step selling

5 Product safety Safety of consumer goods e.g. Toys Cosmetics *Electrical goods *Gas appliances Counterfeit tobacco Under age sales – alcohol, tobacco * Not installation

6 Food chain Animal disease control e.g. identification and movement records Animal welfare at the market & in transport Animal feed Safety Labelling Traceability Food Labelling Traceability Composition and description

7 Dedicated Business advice team Support businesses with legal compliance and best practice Business e-newsletter Primary authority partnerships Advice to business on consumer rights available via Citizens Advice Consumer Service 03454 040506

8 Further information Kent - kent.gov.uk/business/trading-standards East Kent (Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Shepway, Swale, Thanet ) 03000 412020 trading.standardseast @kent.gov.uk West Kent (Dartford, Gravesend, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge & Malling, Tunbridge Wells) 03000 412000 trading.standardswest@kent.gov.uk Medway - Tradingstandards.gov.uk/medway 01634 333170 consumer.protection@medway.gov.uk consumer.protection@medway.gov.uk


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