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UK High Court bars Chobani from using “Greek” yogurt label

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • March 29 2013

According to a news source, U.K. High Court Justice Michael Briggs has ordered New York-based Chobani to change its "Greek" yogurt labels, finding

UK advertising watchdog upholds complaints against social-media alcohol ads, organic milk claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 3 2013

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recently upheld three out of four complaints brought by the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council (YAAC

UK agency rules almond milk claims not misleading

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 28 2012

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that print and Web advertisements for Alpro (UK) Ltd.’s almond milk are not misleading

UK agency upholds complaint targeting Weetabix app

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 15 2013

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint lodged by the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) against Weetabix Ltd.'s

UK advertising watchdog censures Kellogg’s for sugar claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 9 2012

The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has censured Kellogg Marketing and Sales Co. (UK), Ltd. for falsely claiming on its Website, in relation to promotions for children’s breakfast cereals, that “A panel of world health experts recently reviewed all the scientific evidence and concluded that a high sugar intake is not related to obesity, or the development of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer.”

DEFRA requests feedback on food labeling legislation

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 9 2012

The U.K. Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced a public consultation seeking feedback on proposed legislation that would implement the European Union’s (EU’s) regulation “on the provision of food information to consumers” (Regulation (EU) No. 11692011

British ad authority rejects challenges to Nutella TV promotions

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 1 2011

Concluding that advertisements for Nutella hazelnut spread were “unlikely to encourage poor nutritional habits or an unhealthy lifestyle in children,” the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has reportedly rejected 31 complaints challenging the promotional messages as misleading

British ICO issues advice on new data privacy rules

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 13 2011

The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued advice for businesses and organizations to ensure compliance with a new EU privacy directive governing the collection of online user data via “cookies” or other technologies that store visitor information on a user’s computer or mobile device

Philippines department of justice upholds DOH decision on infant formula trademarks

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • June 15 2012

According to news sources, Philippine Department of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima issued an opinion in May 2012, upholding a Department of Health (DOH) memorandum that prohibited multinational companies that make infant milk and other nutritional products from using registered trademarks that contain health and nutrition claims which may undermine breast-feeding and breast milk

UK lobby group calls for ban on caramel-coloring ingredient

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 29 2012

The United Kingdom’s (UK’s) Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) has reportedly urged the Ministry of Health to prohibit use of the chemical 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI), a byproduct of fermentation often found in soy sauce, roasted coffee and the caramel coloring added to colas and beer