Protecting people by:

• approving weighing and measuring equipment before it’s used by traders
• checking the accuracy of weight and/or measure in pre-packaged or catch-weight goods (eg checking that pre-packaged meat is the advertised weight)
• investigating and responding to weights and measures complaints from consumers and business
• monitoring the quality of retail fuel in NZ (diesel, petrol and bio-fuels)
• responding to and investigating complaints about the quality of retail fuel in NZ
• enforcing the Weights and Measures Act 1987.

Trading Standards do not investigate products that have safety requirements set by other government agencies:

• food safety
• product recalls
• medicines
• electrical safety
• gas safety
• hazardous substances, chemicals or cosmetics
• vehicles and child seat restraints

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