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Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar, or salt: consultation analysis
Independent analysis of the responses to the consultation on proposals to restrict the promotion and marketing of foods high in fat, sugar, or salt, and have little to no nutritional benefit.
Annex 5: Response to individual questions
| Questions | Number of responses | % of total responses (n=726) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | To what degree do you agree or disagree that mandatory measures should be introduced to restrict the promotion and marketing of foods high in fat, sugar or salt to reduce health harms associated with their excessive consumption? | 709 | 98% | |
| Please explain your answer. | 584 | 80% | ||
| Q2 | Should this policy only target discretionary foods? (confectionery, sweet biscuits, crisps, savoury snacks, cakes, pastries, puddings and soft drinks with added sugar) | 714 | 98% | |
| Please explain your answer. | 453 | 62% | ||
| Q3 | Should this policy treat ice-cream and dairy desserts as discretionary foods? | 693 | 95% | |
| Please explain your answer. | 446 | 61% | ||
| Q4 | Please comment on our approach to defining categories and exclusions of particular foods/products from those definitions (paragraphs 9-11)? | 533 | 73% | |
| Q5 | In relation to the foods being targeted, should this policy seek to… | Restrict multi-buys Restrict sales of unlimited amounts for a fixed charge Not restrict temporary price reductions Not restrict multi-packs? |
686 683 645 649 | 94% 94% 89% 89% |
| Please explain your answer | 509 | 70% | ||
| Q6 | Please comment on the approach we are proposing to take to restricting forms of promotion and marketing outlined in section 5. | 651 | 90% | |
| Q7 | Should the restrictions apply to any place where targeted foods are sold to the public, except where they are not sold in the course of business (e.g. charity bake sales)? | 688 | 95% | |
| Please explain your answer | 436 | 60% | ||
| Q8 | Please comment on whether, and if so to what extent, restrictions should be applied online. | 596 | 82% | |
| Q9 | Should restrictions to displaying targeted foods at end of aisle, checkouts etc., not apply where there is no reasonable alternative to displaying them elsewhere? | 683 | 94% | |
| Please explain your answer. | 449 | 62% | ||
| Q10 | Should food marked as discounted because it is close to expiry be exempt from.. | Positioning restrictions (end of aisle, checkouts etc.) ‘Promotion of value’ restrictions? | 672 665 | 93% 92% |
| Please explain your answer. | 444 | 61% | ||
| Q11 | Please list any other exemptions we should consider. | 95 | 13% | |
| Q12 | Please comment on our proposals for enforcement and implementation outlined in section 8. | 592 | 82% | |
| Q13 | Please comment on the proposed flexible approach outlined in section 9. | 495 | 68% | |
| Q14 | If you sell, distribute or manufacture discretionary foods, please comment on how the restrictions in this consultation paper would impact you. | 56 | 8% | |
| Q15 | What support do sellers, distributors and manufacturers need to implement the restrictions effectively? | 245 | 34% | |
| Q16 | How would the proposed restrictions impact on the people of Scotland with respect to age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or socioeconomic disadvantage? Please consider both potentially positive and negative impacts, supported by evidence, and, if applicable, advise on any mitigating actions we should take. | 429 | 59% | |
| Q17 | Please outline any other comments you wish to make. | 478 | 66% | |
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