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, including pricing, descriptions of goods, digital content and services, terms and conditions
• petrol and fireworks storage
• intellectual property (for example, counterfeiting)
• product safety - the Office for Product Safety Standards provides product recalls and alerts guidance
• weights and measures

More about Trading Standards: powers, enforcement and penalties.

Report a Trading Standards issue

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

You can also report illegal tobacco sales anonymously via the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS).