News Room
Welcome to CTSI's News Room. Here, you can browse through our latest consumer protection and trading standards news reports (below), or check out our archive of news articles from previous years.
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Banned imported American candy with huge child appeal and worrying side effects floods the UK
Posted: 11/12/23
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has issued a serious warning to parents this Christmas around unauthorised ingredients contained in imported American sweets and fizzy drinks with known links to hyperactivity and cancer in children that are readily accessible across UK highstreets.
UK government to rapidly progress plans to create a smokefree generation
Posted: 06/12/23
Plans to introduce the most significant public health intervention in a generation and phase out smoking are progressing at pace, as the government’s consultation closes today.
Hammersmith and Fulham Trading Standards Officer puts criminals behind bars
Posted: 01/12/23
Doug Love, Lead Practitioner in Trading Standards at Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s Trading Standards has received the Intellectual Property Award at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) annual Hero Awards which celebrates outstanding achievements in consumer protection.
London Race and Equality experts win National Award
Posted: 01/12/23
The London Branch Race and Equalities Group has received the Diversity and Inclusion Award at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) annual Hero Awards ceremony which celebrates outstanding achievements in consumer protection.
Trading Standards food safety expert wins award for preventing deaths
Posted: 30/11/23
Alison Richardson from Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards wins the first Megan Lee Hero Award at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) annual Hero Awards ceremony which celebrates outstanding achievements in consumer protection.