Safety and Environment

Introduction
Information leaflets
Young people and age restricted products
Petroleum storage and licensing
Explosives and fireworks - storage, registration and licensing
Poisons Act 1972 - including registering for the sale of non - medicinal poisons
Electric blanket safety

We check to:

	Ensure products and consumer goods are safe
	Prevent the illegal sale of age restricted products such as tobacco, alcohol and fireworks to children. To find out more about age restricted products
	Ensure vehicles are supplied in a roadworthy condition
	Ensure the safe storage of petroleum and other dangerous products. To find out more about petroleum storage and licensing
	Ensure that electric blankets are safe. We aim to offer free safety checks each Autumn. To find out more about electric blanket safety
	Prevent overloading of goods vehicles and compliance to environmental and structural weight restrictions
	Ensure a responsible attitude to product packaging to minimise packaging waste

There is more information on Safety, in our business and consumer information leaflets. Subjects covered include:

Age Restricted Products

Do you know which products can be legally sold to young people? A business supplying age restricted products to someone who is below the legal age is a criminal offence which can lead to a business, and a member of staff, being prosecuted.

Find out more about age restricted products

Crucial Crew
Crucial Crew safety events provide staff and resources for interactive scenarios, for Shropshire Year 6 children (aged 10-11). Crucial Crew events in Shropshire are run by management committee partnerships involving local and national businesses, departments of the County and District Councils, as well as the Police and Fire Authorities, the NFU and others.

These partners, together with other agencies, provide staff and resources for one or more interactive scenarios during a week or fortnight's event, attended by local children - the actual CRUCIAL CREW!

Petroleum Storage and Licensing

Did you know that Trading Standards is responsible for the safe storage and licensing of sites storing petrol.
Every premise that stores over 15 litres of petrol, whether it is for sale or for their own private use, must be licensed and comply with the rules for the safe storage of petrol.

Find out more about Petroleum storage and licensing

Explosives and Fireworks

Any business planning to store explosives such as fireworks, gunpowder, safety cartridges, or detonators (including air bag detonators), is required by law to have a current explosives registration or licence.

There was a major change to explosives licensing in May 2005. We have now addeded guidance on

• Explosives and fireworks - storage
• Selling of fireworks

These pages have detailed guidance on registration and licensing, including downloadable application forms, fees, underage sales advice and safety information.

Poisons - Poisons Act 1972

The Poisons Act 1972 and the Poisons Rules 1982

• Controls the sale of poisons, and
• Provides for registration of sellers of poisons
  

For more detailed guidance on registration ,including downloadable application forms and details of fees - see our Poisons page.

Electric Blanket Safety

Old or damaged blankets cause more than 5,000 fires a year. Research has shown that electric blankets ten years old (or older) still in use in homes in Britain are responsible for 99% of the fires caused by electric blankets. Each year 20 people are killed and 100 injured in such fires.

Find out more about Electric blanket safety

Visit our consumer or business information pages.

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Page last reviewed October 2007

Shropshire County Council Trading Standards Service
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6ND