NSIDE Volume 126 Issue 06, June 2017 Click images or words to go to article Driving us forward Conference calling! Report from the spring meeting of the CTSI Council More exhibitors are gearing up for the annual event Wolf in sheep s clothing Beware bugs in bottles Tests on halal meat turn into a cross-border investigation Why insect contamination is becoming more common Promises, pledges and pie in the sky With the election just days away, we look at some of the party manifestos and what they offer trading standards Welcome from the editor-in-chief Eleni Chalkidou introduces the edition Noticeboard Your letters, plus updates on the sale of tobacco and e-cigarettes, and the rise in support for CCAS News Trading standards not mentioned in LGA plan; legal highs case conclusion; ICO issues highest-ever fine; huge rise in cyber crime; holiday scams up by one-fifth Consultations Business, energy and industrial strategy; sanctions to tackle tobacco-duty and other excise-duty evasion Obituary Robert Charles Gye Legal perspectives The Digital Economy Act benefits and concerns