A tendering process which invites businesses to carry out enforcement across the three councils has been launched for the first time Lincolnshire
Trading Standards bosses fear scams such as get rich quick schemes or fraud based around fuel and food could rise rapidly as the Cost of Living Crisis hits.
Emma Milligan Principal Trading Standards officer said: “High inflation puts households and business under immense strain and the most vulnerable and disadvantaged are affected. “Especially checking around petrol pumps, we know lots of people in Lincolnshire have oil to heat their property.“We need to make sure that if you’re going to buy a product, something a little bit cheaper, that those products are still safe.
It also seized more than 21,000 counterfeit items, nearly 10,000 unsafe items and more than 70k illicit cigarettes.
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