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Posted: 09 July 2019
UPDATES: Birmingham issues its first emergency prohibition order to stop a restaurant serving customers with food allergies after a diner suffered a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction linked to poor allergen controls.
Posted: 21 May 2019
UPDATES: Staffordshire Trading Standards is warning shoppers to avoid counterfeit goods at bank holiday markets and car boot sales, highlighting the safety risks posed by fake alcohol, perfume, sunglasses, tobacco and toys.
Posted: 30 April 2019
UPDATES: The Meat Shack has been fined £300,000 after falsely advertising meat as British, with Warwickshire Trading Standards and Stratford District Council uncovering misleading origin claims across beef, pork, lamb and poultry.
Posted: 14 April 2019
UPDATES: Trading Standards officers uncovered dangerous toys at local markets that failed UK safety requirements, prompting enforcement action and reinforcing the need for rigorous checks on products sold through temporary retail outlets.
Posted: 26 March 2019
UPDATES: Halfords has been fined after a Trading Standards investigation found multiple serious faults were missed during a vehicle service, raising concerns about vehicle safety and servicing standards.
Posted: 26 February 2019
UPDATES: Warwickshire Trading Standards uncovered dangerous faults in used vehicles during targeted garage inspections, demonstrating how intelligence-led enforcement is helping remove unsafe cars from the market.
Posted: 28 January 2019
UPDATES: Warwickshire Trading Standards secures convictions after rogue traders targeted an elderly homeowner with unnecessary work worth more than £25,000, highlighting the continuing threat posed by doorstep crime and consumer fraud.
Posted: 22 January 2019
UPDATES: A multi-agency operation involving Trading Standards, police and industry partners removes large quantities of counterfeit goods from circulation, demonstrating the value of coordinated enforcement against organised counterfeit networks.
Posted: 12 October 2018
UPDATES: A trader who sold an unroadworthy vehicle with serious mechanical defects has been prosecuted following a Trading Standards investigation, highlighting the consequences of misleading consumers and ignoring vehicle safety obligations.
Posted: 28 September 2018
ANALYSIS: Research reveals many young people with food allergies lack the confidence to ask about allergens when eating out. The FSA's Easy to ASK campaign encourages businesses and consumers to improve conversations that could prevent life-threatening reactions.
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