The media watchdog’s decision not to ban food and beverage advertising under new children’s TV standards has been welcomed by the nation’s leading organisation representing food and grocery manufacturers, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). In its report on revised Children’s Television Standards released on Tuesday, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) acknowledged the introduction of an industry code that encourages the advertising of only... ...Read more »

A new advertising to children initiative released today by Australia’s major quick service restaurants has been applauded by Australia’s leading organisation representing food and grocery manufacturers, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). Seven companies have signed up to the Australian Quick Service Restaurant Industry Initiative for Responsible Advertising and Marketing to Children, modelled on the AFGC’s Responsible Children’s Marketing Initiative, which came... ...Read more »

The bid to ban the advertising of ‘junk food’ to kids paints an unfair picture of the fast-food industry, according to McDonald’s. The Coalition on Food Advertising to Children (CFAC), which includes the Cancer Council, Choice and The Parents Jury among others, recently launched a campaign to ban TV advertising of unhealthy food to children before 9pm. The online campaign includes a video of a hamburger knocking on the door of a family’s house only to be kicked out by an upset... ...Read more »

A coalition of parent, health and consumer groups have renewed calls for tougher advertising regulations, after releasing figures suggesting Australian children encounter about 2200 junk food advertisements on television per year. The Coalition on Food Advertising to Children (CFAC), which includes 15 prominent Australian public groups including the Cancer Council, Australian Medical Association and Choice, believe that children who watch two hours of television per day see 18 hours per year of unhealthy... ...Read more »

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said that current food advertising guidelines are beginning to have a positive impact and decided against scrapping a protein cap, which is currently used in determining what foods are advertised during children’s TV shows. The FSA Board agreed that the Nutrient Profiling model, which dictates what products can be promoted to children without incurring the wrath of advertising regulator Ofcom, was working effectively. In particular, the protein cap, which... ...Read more »