Business Inspections
Why do we inspect
businesses?
Trading Standards staff
carry out inspections to ensure that all goods and services
offered for sale are:
- safe,
- correctly priced,
- accurately described, and
- weighed or measured accurately.
When do we inspect
businesses?
As inspections need to
represent a real situation, we usually carry them out without
prior notice.
The frequency of inspection depends on our assessment of the risk to consumers of non-compliance, which is based on a nationally agreed risk assessment scheme combined with additional local knowledge (such as complaints or other relevant information about particular businesses).
For further information or guidance on the laws relating to businesses, contact us or visit our Business Advice page.