Showcase for fake goods
A stand at the show is being set up by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to warn people about buying fake items in an industry that costs the UK economy £9 billion a year.
Among the exhibits will be imported counterfeit games and consoles found to have been supplied with potentially dangerous power adaptors. Aimed at the younger market, they had been sold for around £40.
HMRC's exhibition stand will also feature counterfeit clothing, accessories and DVDs.
Staff will also be on hand to help with queries about tax credits, child benefit, income tax and self assessment. In addition advice will be available to businesses on a whole of issues.
Gail Jacobs, national exhibitions officer for HMRC, said: "Our counterfeit exhibits will also make it clear that buying cheap, fake goods feeds an illegal, unregulated supply of often second rate goods. I am sure that people will find it interesting."
The Staffordshire County show is on May 27 and 28 at the County Showground, in Weston Road, Stafford. The event is open from 8am to 8pm.
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