Suffolk Trading Standards

UNSCRUPULOUS doorstep sellers are under the spotlight this month as Trading Standards begins its six month long ‘Scampaign’. Doorstep sales are an increasingly common way for scammers to prey on vulnerable people and Trading Standards are determined to raise awareness through their 2012 campaign. Th

A crackdown on rogue traders and cold callers is being launched as part of Suffolk Trading Standards’ six month long ‘Scampaign’. Coinciding with Scams Awareness Month 2012, Trading Standards will use this unique campaign to examine the huge range of scams that Suffolk people are continually exposed

Suffolk Trading Standards are working with Rainstick Trading Ltd in Saxmundham in regards to a product they are recalling from the market. The product is a red and black beaded bracelet, as shown above. Rainstick Trading are recalling these bracelets, made from the seeds of the Abrus Precatorius pla

A new campaign has been launched to prevent children being targeted for sales of illegal tobacco. Illegal tobacco, which comes in the form of smuggled or counterfeit cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco, is sold at around half the price of legal tobacco and can have a devastating effect on local comm

AS PEOPLE in Suffolk consider how to respond to the potential fuel strike, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and Trading Standards have issued a joint safety message on the dangers of storing petrol at home. Whilst any industrial action will not have an effect on frontline services, the county council

A Suffolk family is counting the cost of manufacturing and importing counterfeit DVDs. Two family members who had previously admitted to making at least £75,000 from their illicit cottage industry, have now been ordered to pay a total of £159,535 following action taken by Suffolk Trading Standards a