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Asda fined £500,000 for selling out-of-date food in UK store

The retailer pleaded guilty to five food safety offences after expired products, some weeks old, were repeatedly found on shelves

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets retailers fined over £13,000 for selling alcohol and dangerous chemicals to children

The businesses were fined for their ‘deeply irresponsible’ actions

Evening Standard

How to spot a fake Labubu doll as warning issued over ‘Lafufus’

Thousands of counterfeit Labubu dolls have been seized from shops across the country amid safety concerns

The Independent UK

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Thousands of counterfeit viral dolls seized over safety concerns

Labubu dolls have been promoted by celebrities across the globe.

Evening Standard

Surge in counterfeit Labubu dolls 'serious safety risk to children' after hundreds seized in south London

Trading Standards said poor quality dolls have loose parts and poor-quality stitching that are a choking hazard

Evening Standard

Men who conspired to sell meat meant for pet food to south London shoppers are jailed

Anthony Fear and Azar Irshad have been jailed for their role in a conspiracy to sell meat meant to be used in pet food to customers

Evening Standard

Two men jailed over plot to sell meat meant for pet food – including lambs’ testicles – to shoppers

Anthony Fear and Azar Irshad have been jailed for their role in a conspiracy to sell meat meant to be used in pet food to customers

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Fake Labubu Dolls Flood UK Market as Experts Share Tips on How to Spot One

UK authorities are seizing thousands of fake Labubu dolls posing safety risks to children — here's how to spot counterfeits and protect your collection.

International Business Times UK

Nicotine pouches sold to children mimic sweets, says UK trading standards body

Children can buy pouches legally as they are not regulated as a specific tobacco or nicotine product

The Guardian - UK

Addictive nicotine pouches can legally be sold to children in shops

Watchdog warns there is currently no law in place to stop shops from selling nicotine pouches to children

The Independent UK

Shops legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children

Trading Standards is calling for urgent regulation of the new class of addictive products sold to children following the ban of single-use vapes.

Evening Standard

Asda responds after £640k fine for selling out of date food to shoppers

TRADING Standards officers found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda stores ...

The National (Scotland)

Asda fined £640,000 for selling over 100 out-of-date food items

Food safety officers found some items were more than two weeks past their sell-by date in Asda stores in Cardiff

The Independent UK

Asda fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food

Trading Standards found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda’s Leckwith and Pentwyn stores in Cardiff.

Evening Standard

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Martin Lewis warning to shoppers at 30 high street chains he says are 'wrong'

Martin Lewis is reporting high street chains including Monsoon, New Look, Home Bargains, The Range and Harvey Nichols to Trading Standards.

International Business Times UK

Banned in Britain, Still on US Shelves: Jolly Ranchers Pulled Over 'Cancer‑Causing' Ingredients

Jolly Rancher sweets have been pulled from UK shelves over ingredients linked to cancer risk. Here's why the US still allows them and what consumers need to know

Evening Standard

Fat injections and Brazilian butt lifts ‘offered in public toilets’, experts say

Trading standards professionals said unregulated products and practitioners may be putting lives at risk.

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to take action over ghost number plates

The plates have a reflective coating which prevents them from being identified by police cameras.

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The Independent UK

Disposable vapes ban to come into force in bid to improve health and cut litter

The crackdown on the devices makes it illegal for any retailer – ranging from corner shops to supermarkets – to sell them.

Evening Standard

Trading Standards officers seize £6million haul of counterfeit toys from London warehouses

Toys were packaged as well-known brands including Pokémon, Pepper Pig, Star Wars and Marvel

Evening Standard

Consumers warned to avoid ‘dangerous’ nasal tanning sprays and gummies

The sprays can cause nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure and even changes in mole shape and size, Trading Standards warned.

Evening Standard

Hammersmith couple who sold illegal vapes with nine times the legal e-liquid limit fined £4k

Himanshu Bhatia and his wife Poona Chandna pleaded guilty to a string of offences

The National (Scotland)

'Invaluable' sniffer dogs help find illegal stashes in raids on Scottish shops

TWO specially trained sniffer dogs have been praised after helping to uncover secret stashes of illegal tobacco in Scottish shops ...

The Independent UK

13% of ‘nicotine-free’ vapes contain the addictive substance – Trading Standards

All 10 products found to contain nicotine were also found to exceed the limit on the amount of e-liquid permitted in vapes.

Evening Standard

Clapham shop fined £13,000 after selling illegal vapes with potentially 'dangerous' chemicals

Clapham Mobile X Vape was ordered to pay more than £13,000 after potentially dangerous illegal vapes were found by Trading Standards

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