HFSS ad ban’s first rulings show the devil really is in the detail

Iceland Ad (a) Banner ad HFSS ban violation

Source: ASA

Advertisers like to push the rules to the limit. Now they have the first clues about what those limits might be

After years of u-turns, dilly-dallying, lobbying, and other hokey cokey-ing, the government’s junk food ad ban – officially the “advertising restrictions on less healthy food and drink” – finally came into force earlier this year.

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