{"id":381316,"date":"2026-01-01T10:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381316\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:56:06","slug":"middlesbrough-trading-standards-officers-seize-fake-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381316\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlesbrough Trading Standards officers seize fake toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said counterfeit goods avoid the legal controls which protect consumers including toy safety regulations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It said the &#8220;dangerous&#8221; items pose various safety hazards to children, while supply routes are often linked to organised crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Ian Blades, the council&#8217;s executive member for neighbourhoods, said: &#8220;This swift action by Trading Standards has protected consumers from unscrupulous traders trying to spoil Christmas for consumers in Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Our officers defend legitimate businesses to ensure Middlesbrough has a vibrant, safe economy, while protecting our residents from fake and potentially unsafe goods.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The council said counterfeit goods avoid the legal controls which protect consumers including toy safety regulations. It said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-381316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}