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UK ban on paid-for online advertising and 9pm TV watershed for less healthy HFSS foods and drinks: scope, SME exemption, IPTV, 1 October 2025 start

Published on: 24 September 2024

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Introducing further advertising restrictions on TV and online for products high in fat, salt or sugar

In its reply to the 2022 consultation, Introducing further advertising restrictions on TV and online for products high in fat, salt or sugar, the government reaffirmed commitment to tackling childhood obesity by introducing limits on TV and online promotion of 'less healthy' foods and drinks. In practice this refers to high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products that fall within the 'less healthy' categories.

These advertising controls have been taken forward through the Health and Care Act 2002, which received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022 and added new sections to the Communications Act 2003, including:

  • A 9pm television watershed for HFSS products, applying to all TV programmes regardless of programming or typical audience age, and covering all on-demand programme services (ODPS) under UK jurisdiction and regulated by Ofcom
  • A ban on all paid-for advertising online

To put these curbs into effect, the government must lay secondary legislation setting out details on the 'less healthy' product categories and the businesses in scope. The updated government response to the consultation is significant because it explains what the government intends to include in the statutory instrument...

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