It is the Council’s objective to ensure goods on sale are safe and fit for the purposes specified.
Officers of the Environmental Health Department undertake the following duties in relation to Consumer Protection (ie non-food consumer products for example upholstered furniture, bicycles, electrical goods, toys, hired goods, tyres and second hand goods):
- Survey goods to ensure they are safe
- Sample and test goods
- Investigate warnings, alerts and complaints regarding unsafe goods
- Advise businesses on safety standards consumer goods must meet
- In partnership with Building Control, ensure ‘Fitness for Purpose’ of Construction Products
- Promote home safety and provide advice to the general public on home safety and other consumer safety issues.
Consumers Advice Leaflet – Toy Safety
2nd Hand Electrical Equipment
Resources available from Environmental Health Department include:
- DTI Guidance Notes on selected Consumer Protection Legislation
- Information leaflets on selected Consumer Goods and Home Safety issues
- Technical and legal advice and guidance in relation to a range of consumer protection issues that may affect you.
Babies can suffocate on nappy sacks, please see below leaflets for advice:
Nappy Sack Leaflet
Safety Warning Leaflet
For more information contact the Enviornmental health Department at ehealth@armagh.gov.uk or see useful website below:
www.bis.gov.uk
www.lacors.gov.uk
www.rospa.com
www.capt.org.uk
