LoginDerby TS stops Halloween scares
Five potentially dangerous Halloween costumes have been removed from sale
Posted 30 October 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Health and Safety|East Midlands
UPDATES: Trading Standards officers stepped up Halloween safety checks as cost-of-living pressures increased demand for cheaper costumes and seasonal goods, targeting unsafe products before they reached families and helping shoppers celebrate safely.
The team at Derby City Council Trading Standards have been working to ensure Halloween costumes do not give local residents the wrong kind of scare this year.
With the cost-of-living crisis pushing many parents online in search of bargain Halloween costumes, the Derby Trading Standards team were concerned that some products available may not meet safety requirements. They carried out five...
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