Coventry Trading Standards Service

We are keen to provide advice to businesses to help them comply with the law. To find out ways of contacting us CLICK here..

Allergens - Advice to Restaurants, Caterers and Takeaways and now FOOD ALLERGY TRAINING GOES ONLINE - A new interactive food allergy training tool has been developed by the Food Standards Agency.. It highlights steps that should be followed to make sure good practice is used in the manufacture and production of food. LINK
Approved / Registered Feed Business Establishments
Ask Cedric - Business information and education materials
Avian influenza (bird flu) - link to Defra for the latest news
Business Link
Charity & Emergency Services Publications
Enforcement Policy (downloadable adobe acrobat-.pdf document)
Frequently Asked Questions - Search ('Centsa' Website)
Guidance notes and leaflets (SEE BELOW)
Home Authority Principle
Latest news Check for updates.
New Businesses - Clear yourself for takeoff
SCAMS - Advice to Businesses (Gloucestershire Trading Standards Website)
SCAMS - How to avoid Publishing, Marketing and Bogus Invoice Scams (pdf document)
Useful contacts
Verification - make a appointment
Weights and Measures Information (inc Public Weighbridges)

Newsletters

Current Newsletter - 2008 CLICK HERE

Previous Newsletter 2005 - No. 1 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2005 - No. 2 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2005 - No. 3 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2005 - No. 4 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2006 - No. 1 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2006 - No. 2 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2006 - No. 3 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2006 - No. 4 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2007 - No. 1 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2007 - No. 2 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2007 - No. 3 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2008 - No. 1 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2008 - No. 2 CLICK HERE
Previous Newsletter 2008 - No. 3 CLICK HERE

Guidance notes and leaflets

Either go to listing

Or search the advice sheets and leaflet titles

This search will return all pages which match any of your selected words. Searching for 'food health' will find pages which include the words
'food' OR 'health' but will not find part words, for example, a page containing the word 'heal'. The search is not case sensitive.

Coventry, Trading Standards Service, Broadgate House, Broadgate, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 1NH
Telephone Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06
Minicom users should call 08451 28 13 84
Business Advice 0845 330 3313
Electronic Mail to Consumer Direct