Trading Standards
Lincolnshire Trading Standards offers free advice and guidance to businesses on all aspects of Trading Standards legislation compliance.
This service is available to any size of business within the County of Lincolnshire. They will direct you to sources of information about the law and your rights or suggest other agencies who can advise you further.
Their aims are to promote and maintain;
- a fair, equitable and safe trading environment in Lincolnshire
- disease free and humanely treated farm livestock in Lincolnshire
- the quality and competitiveness of the goods and services provided by local business and agriculture
Useful links through to Trading Standards information pages;
- Trading Standard's Leaflets| - available for the following business categories; Agriculture & Farming, Food & Catering, Retail Sales and the Service Industry.
- Age Restricted Sales|
- Food|
- Packaging for Businesses|
- Markets and Car Boot Fairs - Code of Practice|
- Calibration Service - Weights and Measures|
- Public Weighbridges|
- Distance Selling|
- Doorstep Selling|
- Licenses issued by Trading Standards|
- Explosives|
- Poisons|
- Animal Health|
- Animal Movements|
- Trading Standard Business Request Advice Form| - complete a form if you need further guidance on how to comply with TS law.
Related external links; Sale of Goods Act Hub| Office of Fair Trading|
Lincolnshire Trading Standards enforcement activity targets serious offences or widespread malpractices causing detriment to those residing and trading in Lincolnshire. However, civil claims or disputes affecting you or your business, about a breach of contract, can only be pursued by you. They cannot; close businesses down, intervene on your behalf or mediate in contractual disputes, personally recommend businesses or investigate every individual complaint received.