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Business Advice Leaflets
- Animal health and welfare
- Consumers/buyer's rights (including selling methods)
- Fair trading (including pricing)
- Food
- Safety
- Weights and measures
- Other
Animal health and welfare
- Guidance for those who transport horses by road
- Buying or selling of livestock
- The Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990
- Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004
- Animal Health Act 1981 and the Sheep Scab Order 1997
- The keeping and retention of veterinary medicine records
- Casualty slaughter - guidance for farmers and hauliers
- Guidance on the disposal of animal by-products and carcasses
- Calves at market
- Keeping pet pigs
- The law regarding the keeping and movement of pigs
- Sheep identification
- The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order
- Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles carrying cattle, pigs, poultry etc
- Livestock markets
- Notice to those who transport livestock by road
- Deer carcase and offal disposal - farmed and wild
- Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
- Guidance on food chain information (FCI) for calves
- A guide for the retail sale of pet food
- Guidance notes on the registration and records of poultry
- Before buying hens
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Guidance for the handling of poultry at markets
- The slaughter of sheep for private consumption by the owner
- The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 - pre-movement testing of cattle
- The slaughter of cattle for private consumption by the owner
- The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2008
- Transport of farm animals - cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry
- Requirements for cattle identification
- Humane disposal of infant calves and possible outlets
- Notice to all exhibitors of cattle both for showing and trade stands
- Construction of livestock transport vehicles
- Farm animal transport journey times
- Cattle that have been refused passports
- Collection centre conditions
Consumers/buyer's rights (including selling methods)
- A guide to the trading standards law applying to licensed premises
- Accurately describing goods and services
- One day and occasional sales - a guide for venues
- A trader's guide to the civil law relating to the sale and supply of goods
- Selling on the net
- A guide to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
- Package tours and holidays
- Returns policies: a guide for retailers
Fair trading (including pricing)
- A guide to the trading standards law applying to licensed premises
- Information for butchers
- Tobacco and children
- Accurately describing goods and services
- Information for greengrocers
- Advice to restaurant owners and managers
- Videos and DVDs for sale and hire
- One day and occasional sales - a guide for venues
- Do you sell at car boot sales?
- Companies and business names
- A trader's guide to the civil law relating to the sale and supply of goods
- Special services telephone numbers
- Displaying prices in hotels and guesthouses
- Information for fishmongers
- Keeping within the law in pubs, restaurants and cafes
- A guide for producers, processors and packers of organic products
- Mileage of used vehicles
- Publishing and marketing scams
- Advice to Chinese herbal medicine shops
- Credit brokers - fees
- Information for estate agents - property descriptions
- Selling on the net
- Sale of knives on the internet to under 18s
- The composition and use of packaging
- A guide to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
- Price marking of goods for retail sale
- Package tours and holidays
- Doorstep selling - guidance for traders
- Advice to takeaway businesses
- Antiquities/antiques
- Membership and approval logos, and claims of approval
- Internet auction sites
- Sale and resale of tickets
- A guide for business on textile labelling
- A guide for retailers on footwear labelling
- A guide to the Business Protection Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
Food
- A guide to the trading standards law applying to licensed premises
- Information for butchers
- The disposal of waste food
- Beef labelling
- Specified allergenic ingredients - commonly asked questions
- Food labelling for greengrocers
- Information for greengrocers
- Advice to restaurant owners and managers
- A guide for producers of eggs selling directly to consumers
- Food labelling for fishmongers
- Information for fishmongers
- Meat products compositional standards
- Small bakers and average weight
- Keeping within the law in pubs, restaurants and cafes
- A guide for producers, processors and packers of organic products
- Labelling of packaged foods
- Retail sale and labelling of eggs
- Food labelling for bakers
- The composition and use of packaging
- Advice to takeaway businesses
- Sandwich labelling
- The labelling of sweets
- Genetically modified foods - a guide for caterers
- Guidance notes on jam and similar products
- Genetically modified foods - commonly asked questions
- Guidance notes for honey packers
- Labelling of genetically modified foods
- Foreign language labelled foods
- Advice for caterers on food allergens and intolerance
- Food labelling - date and lot marking of packaged food
- Food labelling for catering establishments
- Food sampling by authorised officers
- Colours in restaurant and take-away food
Safety
- Selling used gas cooking appliances
- Tobacco and children
- Ornamental and novelty giftware - a guide for retailers
- Selling safe used furniture
- Unsafe goods - liability for damage or injury
- Selling safe toys
- Safety of goods in rented accommodation - landlords and letting agencies
- Sales of aerosol spray paints
- Selling safe part-worn tyres
- Restrictions on the sale of knives and other bladed items
- Selling new and used prams and pushchairs
- Selling new nightwear
- Selling safe second-hand electrical goods
- Nickel in jewellery and clothing
- Mini-motos, quad bikes and off-road vehicles - a guide for retailers
- Cigarette lighter refills and solvents
- Cosmetic products - safety, composition and labelling
- Electrical equipment
- Age restricted products
- Keeping within the law in pubs, restaurants and cafes
Weights and measures
- Information for butchers
- Information for greengrocers
- Information for fishmongers
- Guidance notes on average quantity
- Small bakers and average weight
- Keeping within the law in pubs, restaurants and cafes
- Weighing equipment in use for trade
- Guidance notes on jam and similar products
- Guidance notes for honey packers
Other
- Specified allergenic ingredients - commonly asked questions
- Safety of goods in rented accommodation - landlords and letting agencies
- Restrictions on the sale of knives and other bladed items
- Accurately describing goods and services
- Cigarette lighter refills and solvents
- Age restricted products
- One day and occasional sales - a guide for venues
- Do you sell at car boot sales?
- Companies and business names
- Credit brokers - fees
- The composition and use of packaging
- A guide to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
- Membership and approval logos, and claims of approval
- A guide for the retail sale of pet food