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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Fine businesses not following anti-obesity rules on healthy food, peers say

Cheeseburgers and French fries (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

Companies should be fined for failing to follow rules aimed at cutting sales of unhealthy food to tackle the “public health emergency” posed by obesity, peers have said.

Businesses would be required to report on their progress towards targets for the reduction of sugar and salt and face penalties for non-compliance under proposals by the Lords’ Food, Diet and Obesity Committee.

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