95 / 124
93
Growing the Kent Economy 2016
/
17
consumers from traders who use any
means to deliberately take advantage
or mislead consumers.
Advice, Education and Information:
Provide advice and information to Kent
businesses and consumers. Provide
advice and education to consumers,
especially those most at risk, to empower
all members of the community to make
informed choices.
Food Safety:
Contribute to protecting
the security and traceability of the
food chain, including the safety of the
end product.
Licensing:
Ensure dangerous goods
kept under KCC issued licences are
stored correctly and safely to prevent
danger to the community, especially
fireworks and petrol.
Animal Health:
Prevent the spread
of animal disease and take action in
relation to instances of unnecessary
suffering in livestock at critical control
points and in transit.
Kent Trading Standards exists to protect the
county’s consumers and support businesses.
with partners to reduce the impact of
alcohol in the community.
People can sign up to receive Trading
Standards Alerts about rogue traders
and scams operating in Kent as well as
newsletters which include information
about product recalls, event details and
changes to consumer law.
There is a popular Facebook page, blog,
and Twitter account @KentProtect
which includes details about major
incidents and severe weather.
To help make your community a safer
place to live, you can pass on information,
anonymously, by contacting Trading
Standards (via Citizens Advice Consumer
Service) on 03454 040506.
Rogue Traders:
Take effective action
against rogue traders, especially those
involved in door-to-door sales. Protect
Trading Standards
Its duty is to create and maintain a safe
and fair trading environment where Kent
businesses can operate and grow and
Kent consumers can buy with confidence.
Trading Standards has an intelligence-led
approach and uses campaigns to
establish the extent of an issue, or to
target known problems. This benefits
the whole community by concentrating
activities on those issues causing the
most problems.
All information supplied to Trading
Standards is recorded and is a vital part
of intelligence gathering.
Other service objectives include
contributing to reducing the risk of
crime and disorder in the community.
This includes restricting access for
children and young people to harmful
and age-restricted products by working