Committee of Advertising Practice
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Food chains join forces to cut sugar
Some of the high street’s biggest food chains have signed up to a series of new health targets including a 20% reduction in sugar by 2020. The alliance, which includes Caffè Nero, Costa, Greggs, McDonald’s and Mitchells & Butlers, has… Read More
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Sugar tax go ahead and new advertising rules
The government took a big step towards implementation of a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks this week by including draft legislation in its Finance Bill. The new levy will be applied in two rates: a lower one for added sugar drinks… Read More
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Advertising laws still too soft on junk foods
RULES DESIGNED to clamp down on online advertising junk food to children have been slammed. Two years on from extending the non-broadcast advertising rules to cover websites and social media, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is failing children. Food… Read More