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Animals and agriculture
- African horse sickness
- African horse sickness
- African horse sickness
- African swine fever
- African swine fever
- African swine fever
- Animal gatherings
- Animal gatherings
- Animal gatherings
- Anthrax
- Anthrax
- Anthrax
- Avian influenza (bird flu)
- Avian influenza (bird flu)
- Avian influenza (bird flu)
- BSE testing of cattle
- BSE testing of cattle
- BSE testing of cattle
- Bluetongue
- Bluetongue
- Bluetongue
- Bovine tuberculosis
- Bovine tuberculosis
- Bovine tuberculosis
- Bovine viral diarrhoea
- Bovine viral diarrhoea
- Bovine viral diarrhoea
- Buying and selling livestock
- Buying and selling livestock
- Buying and selling livestock
- Calves at market
- Calves at market
- Calves at market
- Casualty slaughter for farmers and hauliers
- Casualty slaughter for farmers and hauliers
- Casualty slaughter for farmers and hauliers
- Cattle identification
- Cattle identification
- Cattle identification
- Cattle keepers and livestock shows
- Cattle keepers and livestock shows
- Cattle keepers and livestock shows
- Cattle that have been refused passports
- Cattle that have been refused passports
- Cattle that have been refused passports
- Classical swine fever
- Classical swine fever
- Classical swine fever
- Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles
- Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles
- Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles
- Contingency planning for livestock diseases
- Contingency planning for livestock diseases
- Contingency planning for livestock diseases
- Deer carcase and offal disposal
- Deer carcase and offal disposal
- Deer carcase and offal disposal
- Disposal of surplus food
- Disposal of surplus food
- Disposal of surplus food
- Exporting animals
- Exporting animals
- Exporting animals
- Fallen stock and the disposal of animal by-products
- Fallen stock and the disposal of animal by-products
- Fallen stock and the disposal of animal by-products
- Farm animal transport journey times
- Farm animal transport journey times
- Farm animal transport journey times
- Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
- Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
- Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
- Feed hygiene for transporters and hauliers
- Feed hygiene for transporters and hauliers
- Feed hygiene for transporters and hauliers
- Food chain information
- Food chain information
- Food chain information
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Goats: identification, records and movement
- Goats: identification, records and movement
- Goats: identification, records and movement
- Home slaughter for private consumption
- Home slaughter for private consumption
- Home slaughter for private consumption
- Horse passports
- Horse passports
- Horse passports
- Humane disposal of infant calves
- Humane disposal of infant calves
- Humane disposal of infant calves
- Identification and movement of pigs
- Identification and movement of pigs
- Identification and movement of pigs
- Imported feed and food controls
- Imported feed and food controls
- Imported feed and food controls
- Importing animals
- Keeping pet pigs
- Keeping pet pigs
- Keeping pet pigs
- Keeping veterinary medicine records
- Keeping veterinary medicine records
- Keeping veterinary medicine records
- Licensing of animal activities
- Licensing of animal activities
- Licensing of animal activities
- Livestock markets
- Livestock markets
- Livestock markets
- Livestock transport vehicles
- Livestock transport vehicles
- Livestock transport vehicles
- Manufacturing your own pet foods
- Manufacturing your own pet foods
- Manufacturing your own pet foods
- Mixing feed on farm
- Mixing feed on farm
- Mixing feed on farm
- Poultry at markets: handling and transport
- Poultry at markets: handling and transport
- Poultry at markets: handling and transport
- Rabies
- Registration and records of poultry and other captive birds
- Registration and records of poultry and other captive birds
- Registration and records of poultry and other captive birds
- Responsible animal / pet ownership
- Responsible animal / pet ownership
- Responsible animal / pet ownership
- Retail sale of pet food
- Retail sale of pet food
- Retail sale of pet food
- Schmallenberg virus
- Schmallenberg virus
- Sheep scab
- Sheep scab
- Sheep: identification, records and movement
- Sheep: identification, records and movement
- Sheep: identification, records and movement
- Supplying surplus food and co-products as feed
- Supplying surplus food and co-products as feed
- Supplying surplus food and co-products as feed
- Transporting animals by road
- Transporting animals by road
- Transporting animals road: paperwork
- Welfare of animals during transport
- Welfare of animals during transport
- Welfare of animals during transport
- Welfare of horses at markets etc
- Welfare of horses at markets etc
- Welfare of horses at markets etc
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Consumer contracts
- Consumer contracts: distance sales
- Consumer contracts: general
- Consumer contracts: off-premises sales
- Consumer contracts: on-premises sales
- Digital content
- Digital content
- Mixed contracts
- Selling and supplying goods
- Selling and supplying goods
- Supplying services
- Supplying services
- Unfair contract terms
- Writing a returns policy
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Digital
- Accurate descriptions
- Digital content
- Digital content
- Mixed contracts
- Protection from unfair trading (consumers' rights of redress)
- Protection from unfair trading (criminal law)
- Reviews and endorsements
- Selling and supplying goods
- Selling and supplying goods
- Unfair contract terms
- Writing a returns policy
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Distance sales
- Consumer contracts: distance sales
- Delivery charges
- Digital content
- Digital content
- Internet auction sites and marketplaces
- Online sales of age restricted products
- Online sales of age restricted products
- Selling and supplying goods
- Selling and supplying goods
- Supplying services
- Supplying services
- Unfair contract terms
- Writing a returns policy
- Fair trading
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Food and drink
- Alcoholic beverages and alcohol in food
- Alcoholic beverages and alcohol in food
- Colours and other additives in food
- Colours and other additives in food
- Composition of products containing meat
- Composition of products containing meat
- Date and lot marking of prepacked food
- Date and lot marking of prepacked food
- Disposal of surplus food
- Disposal of surplus food
- Disposal of surplus food
- Egg producers selling directly to consumers
- Egg producers selling directly to consumers
- Food allergens and intolerance
- Food allergens and intolerance
- Food contact materials
- Food contact materials
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Food labelling for caterers
- Food labelling for caterers
- Food sampling by authorised officers
- Food sampling by authorised officers
- Genetically modified foods
- Genetically modified foods
- High fat, sugar or salt ('less healthy') foods
- Imported feed and food controls
- Imported feed and food controls
- Imported feed and food controls
- Jam and similar products
- Jam and similar products
- Jam and similar products
- Labelling and composition of spirit drinks
- Labelling and composition of spirit drinks
- Labelling and describing organic food
- Labelling and describing organic food
- Labelling of beef
- Labelling of beef
- Labelling of bread, cakes and similar products
- Labelling of bread, cakes and similar products
- Labelling of fish
- Labelling of fish
- Labelling of fruit and vegetables
- Labelling of fruit and vegetables
- Labelling of honey
- Labelling of honey
- Labelling of meat and products containing meat
- Labelling of meat and products containing meat
- Labelling of meat: country of origin
- Labelling of meat: country of origin
- Labelling of non-prepacked foods
- Labelling of non-prepacked foods
- Labelling of prepacked foods: QUID
- Labelling of prepacked foods: QUID
- Labelling of prepacked foods: general
- Labelling of prepacked foods: general
- Labelling of prepacked foods: ingredients list
- Labelling of prepacked foods: ingredients list
- Labelling of prepacked foods: nutrition declaration
- Labelling of prepacked foods: nutrition declaration
- Labelling of prepacked foods: product name
- Labelling of prepacked foods: product name
- Labelling of prepacked-for-direct-sale foods
- Labelling of prepacked-for-direct-sale foods
- Labelling of sweets
- Labelling of sweets
- Language requirements for food labelling
- Language requirements for food labelling
- Novel foods (including CBD and hemp)
- Novel foods (including CBD and hemp)
- Nutrition and health claims
- Nutrition and health claims
- Packaged goods: average quantity
- Refill shops
- Retail sale and labelling of eggs
- Retail sale and labelling of eggs
- Sandwich labelling
- Sandwich labelling
- Selling alcohol in licensed premises
- Selling alcohol in licensed premises
- Small bakers and average weight
- Supplying surplus food and co-products as feed
- Supplying surplus food and co-products as feed
- Weighing and measuring fish
- Weighing and measuring fruit and vegetables
- Weighing and measuring meat and products containing meat
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Goods
- Accurate descriptions
- Antiques and antiquities
- Car boot sales
- Car boot sales
- Delivery charges
- Labelling of footwear
- Labelling of textiles
- Mileage of used vehicles
- Mixed contracts
- Part-worn tyres
- Protection from unfair trading (consumers' rights of redress)
- Protection from unfair trading (criminal law)
- Reviews and endorsements
- Selling and supplying goods
- Selling and supplying goods
- Selling used vehicles
- Unfair contract terms
- Writing a returns policy
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Miscellaneous
- Am I in business?
- Business scams
- Business scams
- Company and business names
- Composition and use of packaging
- Energy Performance Certificates
- Energy efficiency of rented property: domestic
- Energy efficiency of rented property: non-domestic
- Energy rating information
- Environmental ('green') claims
- Fireworks: storage and supply
- Fireworks: storage and supply
- Hallmarking
- Herbal medicine and health food shops
- Herbal medicine and health food shops
- Home Reports and Energy Performance Certificates
- Intellectual property
- One-day and occasional sales
- Primary Authority
- Single use carrier bags
- Single use carrier bags
- Single use carrier bags
- Single-use plastics
- Single-use plastics
- Single-use plastics
- Tobacco, vapes, etc: packaging, labelling, advertising and tracking
- Trading Standards: powers, enforcement and penalties
- Trading Standards: powers, enforcement and penalties
- Off-premises sales
- On-premises sales
- Pricing and payment
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Product safety
- Batteries
- CE / UKCA marking
- Candles, diffusers, oil heaters, etc
- Construction products
- Cosmetic products
- E-bikes and e-scooters
- Electrical equipment
- Food imitations
- General product safety: distributors
- General product safety: producers
- Goods in rented accommodation
- Jewellery safety: metal content
- Leather goods
- Mini motos, off road vehicles, etc
- New and second-hand prams and pushchairs
- New nightwear
- New upholstered furniture: fire safety
- Novelty, decorative and ornamental giftware
- Part-worn tyres
- Product safety: due diligence
- Recreational craft (boats etc)
- Refill shops
- Second hand gas cooking appliances
- Second-hand electrical goods
- Second-hand upholstered furniture: fire safety
- Selling used vehicles
- Toys
- Unsafe goods: liability
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Services
- Accurate descriptions
- Landlords, letting agents and property management
- Landlords, letting agents and property management
- Letting agents and property management
- Mixed contracts
- Motor vehicle servicing and repairs
- Package travel and holidays
- Property descriptions: sale or let
- Property descriptions: sale or let
- Property descriptions: sale or let
- Protection from unfair trading (consumers' rights of redress)
- Protection from unfair trading (criminal law)
- Reviews and endorsements
- Sale and resale of tickets
- Supplying services
- Supplying services
- Unfair contract terms
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Underage sales
- Aerosol spray paints
- Aerosol spray paints
- Alcohol
- Alcohol
- Botox and cosmetic fillers
- Cigarette lighter refills
- Cigarette lighter refills
- Crossbows, air weapons and imitation firearms
- Crossbows, air weapons and imitation firearms
- Fireworks: age restrictions
- Fireworks: age restrictions
- Knives and other bladed items
- Knives, other bladed items and corrosive substances
- Online sales of age-restricted products
- Online sales of age-restricted products
- Selling petrol and diesel from forecourts
- Sunbeds
- Sunbeds
- Sunbeds
- Tobacco and vapes
- Tobacco and vapes
- Tobacco and vapes
- Video recordings and games for sale and hire
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Weights and measures
- Alcoholic beverages and alcohol in food
- Alcoholic beverages and alcohol in food
- Packaged goods: average quantity
- Providing price information
- Refill shops
- Sale and delivery of oil and gas
- Selling alcohol in licensed premises
- Selling alcohol in licensed premises
- Selling petrol and diesel from forecourts
- Selling solid fuel and wood fuel
- Selling solid fuel and wood fuel
- Small bakers and average weight
- Units of measurement
- Weighing and measuring fish
- Weighing and measuring fruit and vegetables
- Weighing and measuring meat and products containing meat
- Weighing equipment for legal use
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News & updates
- "Farmer fined over TB testing and movement breaches"
- "Our son can't come home for Christmas after insulation mould took over"
- "StubHub allowed prolific tout to list 300 tickets for sold-out Lewis Capaldi show"
- 'Killer car seats' still sold online 10 years after they were first identified, Which? finds
- A helpful companion for start-up businesses
- AI tools giving risky consumer advice, Which? finds
- ASH SmokeFree GB Youth survey 2025
- African horse sickness poster
- Age verification technology to be trialled
- Animal Welfare Strategy for England launched
- Animal health and welfare offences: penalty notices issued in England
- Apply for approval for Vaping Duty to continue trading from October 2026
- April 2026
- Attitudes to product safety among small businesses
- August 2024
- August 2025
- Avian Influenza housing measures lifted in England and Wales
- Avian influenza: compulsory housing measures introduced in Wales
- Avian influenza: housing measures to be lifted on 31 March
- Ban on plastic wet wipes
- Beating challenges by getting online
- Bluetongue vaccination declaration for Wales
- Bovine tuberculosis: Godfray evidence review update 2025
- Business Companion: guidance on food & drink
- Business Companion: guidance on the unexpected
- Business Support Helpline
- Businesses approved to export animal products to the EU
- Businesses urged to prepare for the end of the transition period
- CAP updates guidance on age-restricted ads online
- CMA and trade bodies' joint statement against price gouging
- CMA guidance for IVF fertility clinics
- CMA guidance for fertility clinics
- CMA guidance for online review sites
- CMA guidance on buying green heating and insulation products
- CMA guidance on marketing green heating and insulation products
- CMA guidance on price transparency
- CMA launches consumer protection drive on online pricing practices
- CMA publishes 'Green Claims Code'
- CMA secures changes from Ticketmaster following Oasis tickets investigation
- CMA: protecting consumers during the coronavirus pandemic
- COVID-secure workplaces
- CTSI welcomes CMA car hire enforcement action
- Car traders & consumer law: draft guidance for dealerships – a consultation
- Changes to allergen labelling laws
- Changes to bluetongue restrictions in Wales confirmed for Autumn sales and markets
- Changes to the law on the sale of poisons and explosives precursors
- Consultation on Consumer Scotland's super-complaint application
- Consultation on licensing for knife sales
- Consultation: CMA guidance on unfair contract terms
- Coronavirus and Energy Performance Certificates
- Coronavirus and food: new Business in Focus guidance
- Coronavirus support from business organisations and associations
- Coronavirus: CMA guidance on cancellation and refunds
- Crackdown on illegal underage sunbed use to cut teen cancer risk
- Crackdown on rogue traders selling vapes to children
- Crackdown on unsafe cosmetic procedures to protect the public
- Dangerous baby sleeping bags from online marketplaces pose suffocation risk, Which? reveals
- Deadline for CBD novel food applications approaching
- December 2025
- Delivery charges
- Disposal of spent hens in Scotland: options evaluation
- ESF: thousands of dangerous travel adaptors sold online
- Emerging technologies in the field of button battery safety: a literature review
- FSA campaign (inc. industry guidance) on the effects that glycerol in slush ice drinks has on children
- FSA launches consultation on first proposed CBD food product authorisations
- Face masks and underage sales
- Fake Toys, Real Harms: experts warn parents of dangerous fake toys
- Fake vehicle parts worth over £100,000 seized in major operation
- February 2026
- Food promotion and presentation legislation comes into force in Wales
- Foot-and-mouth disease control strategy
- Foot-and-mouth disease: disease control (slaughter) protocol
- Free online advice to help small businesses recover from COVID-19
- GB-wide Avian Influenza Prevention Zone and housing order for England
- Government bans ticket touting to protect fans from rip-off prices
- Government guidance for shops
- Government guidance on consumer savings schemes
- Government guidance on working safely during the pandemic
- Government outlines support for pubs, cafes and restaurants
- Guidance for Scotland on food labelling etc
- Guidance for businesses in Wales and Scotland
- Guidance on important changes to consumer law
- Heightened risk of bird flu warning issued to bird keepers and game-bird rearers
- How the CMA gathers information to enforce consumer law
- Hundreds arrested in high street crime crackdown
- January 2026
- July 2024
- July 2025
- June 2024
- June 2025
- Latest updates
- Letter to businesses on workplace COVID testing
- Livestock feed controls in Scotland review: analysis
- MHRA crackdown on illegal Botox after victims left seriously ill
- MHRA guidance for producers and retailers of vapes
- Making green claims: getting it right, across the supply chain
- March 2026
- May 2024
- May 2025
- My safety: online shopping
- My safety: smart connected products
- Nationwide avian influenza (bird flu) prevention zone declared
- New Business in Focus guidance for care home owners and managers
- New Scottish Government coronavirus guidance
- New avian influenza vaccine trials begin in UK
- New law bans plastic wet wipes to protect rivers and seas
- Next phase of the ban on single-use plastics
- Ninja sword surrender and compensation scheme
- November 2025
- Nursery and early years sector: COVID-19 restrictions and consumer law
- OPSS Delivery Report 2024-2025
- OPSS guidance on notifying authorities about unsafe products
- OPSS issues stop warning for 17,000 heat pump tumble dryer owners
- OPSS launches new 'Small Hazards, Big Harm' campaign
- OPSS launches safe vapes usage and disposal awareness campaign
- OPSS launches second phase of online product safety campaign
- OPSS research into consumer behaviour on online marketplaces
- October 2024
- October 2025
- Poor reproductive performance in cattle and sheep during bluetongue outbreaks
- Preparing for Vaping Products Duty and the Vaping Duty Stamps scheme
- Preventing e-bike / e-scooter fires
- Price Marking Order: Government guidance
- Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 receives Royal Assent
- Product safety consultations: product safety framework / market surveillance and enforcement / fire safety
- Proposed ban on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s
- Protecting intellectual property rights on e-commerce stores
- Raise a glass to free food and drink business guidance
- Report on vaccination of poultry against avian influenza
- Reviews and social media endorsements: what businesses and content creators must know
- SAWC report on abattoir provision and mobile slaughterhouses in Scotland
- Scottish Government review of animal health and welfare in the livestock industry
- Scottish and Welsh Government guidance for livestock keepers
- Secret filming exposes dangerous trade in illegal Botox
- Seizures of dangerous products in Wales
- September 2024
- September 2025
- Single-use vapes: Post-Adoption Statement from the Scottish Government
- Small-scale pig keepers invited to take African swine fever survey
- Staying safe with fireworks
- The Government's plan to support small and medium-sized businesses
- UK-EU trade agreement
- UKCA / CE mark crossover period extended
- Update on Vaping Products Duty and the Vaping Duty Stamps scheme
- Update to CTSI's Guidance for Traders on Pricing Practices
- Update to FSA criteria for CBD approval as deadline draws near
- Updated Government guidance on working safely
- Updated guidance from the Scottish and Welsh governments
- Use of CE mark extended indefinitely
- Used cars guidance update / Citizens Advice data on complaints
- Warning of new variant of dangerous baby self-feeding products
- Webinars for importers of food and drink products from the EU
- Wedding cancellations and coronavirus
- Your Brexit companion
- Preparation for Brexit: Government guidance
- Supplying surplus food and co-products as feed