Business Advice - Our self-help advice sheets

• 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

Telford & Wrekin Council Trading Standards, PO Box 214, Darby House, Telford Town Centre, Telford, Shropshire. TF3 4LE. Telephone: 01952 381999.   Fax: 01952 381993  Electronic Mail: tradingstandards@telford.gov.uk