If you are concerned about the safety or quality of food, goods or services purchased within the East Riding of Yorkshire, help, advice and assistance is available form the Consumer Protection Service.
Advice on compliance with food and trading standards legislation is available for local businesses.
Food Services
Carry out programmed inspections of food premises, food manufacturers, animal feeding establishments, investigate incidents of food borne illness, foreign matter in food and issues of food labelling, quality, price and weight and sample food and private water supplies. Food Services cover:
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Food Standards - Labelling of food, its composition and quality, also enforcement of weights and measures, pricing, fair trading and safety legislation in food premises.
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Animal Feeding Stuffs - Labelling of pet foods, animal feeds, their composition and quality, also enforcement of weights and measures, pricing and fair trading on feeding stuffs.
For further information on Food Services - visit the Food Services website.
Fair Trading
Carry out programmed inspections of non-food retail and manufacturing outlets, investigate alleged breaches of trading standards, weights and measures and consumer safety legislation including product sampling and testing.
For further information on Fair Trading - visit our services, advice, performance pages.
Consumer protection
Provides advice to individual aggrieved consumers and local businesses about their rights under consumer legislation.
Provides a consumer education service to local schools, business representatives and other interest groups.
For further information on Consumer Protection visit our services, advice and performance pages.
