What Trading Standards do

Trading Standards provide advice to:

• local business to assist with legislation compliance
• consumers regarding their rights
• consumers to resolve disputes, through our partners Advice Scotland

Trading Standards enforce the law across a range of subject areas including:

• age restricted products
• agriculture
• animal health and welfare
• fair trading, which includes pricing, descriptions of goods, digital content and services, and terms and conditions
• petrol and fireworks storage
• intellectual property (for example, counterfeiting)
• product safety
• weights and measures

Find out more about Trading Standards: powers, enforcement and penalties.

Report an issue to North Ayrshire Trading Standards using the contact details below.