P254 CEEFAX 254 Mon 20 Oct 21:26/31 1/3 ! "£ W IS IT SAFE AND CORRECTLY DESCRIBED? Have you seen goods on sale which you think are unsafe or falsely described? If so, where would you report such findings The Trading Standards Officers at your local authority can help. Their job is to check a vast range of goods in shops and markets for safety, right weight and correct description. These can range from an unsafe toy to counterfeit designer clothing. MoreP254 CEEFAX 254 Mon 20 Oct 21:24/54 2/3 W ! "£ IS IT SAFE AND CORRECTLY DESCRIBED? Trading Standards Officers can help with problems over faulty goods. They give advice to the public and can sometime help them gain compensation from traders selling unsafe or wrongly described goods. If, following a complaint, they find a trader has broken the law, Trading Standards Officers can iithjr warn the seller or take them to court. MoreP254 CEJFAX 254 Mon 20 Oct 21:14/24 3/3 IS IT SAFE AND CORRECTLY DESCRIBED? Contact the Trading Standards Officer at your local authority if you: Suspect that a product on sale is unsafe. See goods falsely described or with a misleading description. Suspect that a trader is cheating on weights and measures. See goods described as half price which you suspect were njvjr sold at a higher price. More