This service will:
- Enforce legislation relating to the safety of consumer goods. Examples include toys, electrical goods, cosmetics and furniture.
- Provide free independent and professional advice and information to consumers and trade and industry.
- Ensure that special emphasis is given to the surveillance of goods and services origination within the Wiltshire area.
- Provide advice and assistance to all Wiltshire-based businesses.
Product safety notices
The following list of recent product safety notices is available from Trading Standards.
For consumer advice
Wiltshire Council's Trading Standards Service works in partnership with Consumer Direct to provide free impartial consumer advice.
Consumer Direct is a telephone and online consumer advice service, supported by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Consumer Direct provides clear, practical advice to help consumers sort out problems and disagreements with suppliers of goods or services.
The Consumer Direct telephone service currently operates in Scotland, Wales and most English regions. It will become operational in other regions in the future and will ultimately become a national service.
To contact an adviser, call 08454 04 05 06 or For online advice and information, visit the Consumer Direct website.
Contact Details (LiveLink)
Multiple Contacts:
Our area offices:
Wiltshire Trading Standards Area Office
West & North
Wiltshire
The Chestnuts
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
BA14
8JD
Tel: 01225 713557
Fax: 01225 713986
Email:
tradingstandards@wiltshire.gov.uk
Trading Standards
South and East Wiltshire Area Office
PO
Box 2281
Salisbury
SP2 2HX
Tel: 01722 438069
Fax:
01722 438064
Email: tradingstandards@wiltshire.gov.uk
eMail: tradingstandards@wiltshire.gov.uk
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Last updated: 1 June 2011