Tunnock's bosses fury as teacake adverts banned before 9pm
The Uddingston-based firm will be banned from airing adverts as part of the new drive to improve public health.
Tunnock's bosses have slammed plans to ban TV ads for their tasty treats until after 9pm.
The iconic company, based in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, is famed for its snowballs, teacakes and caramel logs which are exported around the globe.
But junk food ads are soon to be banned from airing before the TV watershed as part of a Government drive to improve public health.
In addition, online ads for products high in fat, salt and sugar will be banned altogether.
Fergus Loudon, sales director at Tunnock's, said: 'Obesity is a serious issue but it's an issue that only education will address.
'Banning chocolate biscuit ads on TV before nine o'clock to prevent obesity is rather like banning foreign holidays to prevent skin damage from too much sun.'
A UK Government spokesman said: 'This is the first step to deliver a major shift in focus of healthcare from sickness to prevention and towards meeting our ambition to give every child a healthy, happy start to life.'
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