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Ban on rerun of eggs TV advert
Wednesday 20th June 2007
Reruns of a TV commercial from the 1950s which urged viewers to “go to work on an egg” have been banned. An advertising watchdog said the slogan went against the principle of eating a varied diet.
The Egg Information Service had wanted to screen the advert, which featured comedian Tony Hancock, to celebrate its 50th birthday. Author Fay Weldon, who headed the team which came up with the slogan, has described the decision as absurd.
The Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre defended its decision, spokesman Kristoffer Hammer said: “Dietary considerations have been at the centre of the new rules for advertising and in consideration of this we felt that these adverts did not suggest a varied diet.” He went on to add “The concept of eating eggs every day for breakfast goes against what is now the generally accepted advice of a varied diet and we therefore could not approve the ads for broadcast.”
British Egg Information Service spokesperson Amanda Cryer said: “We have been shocked by this ruling as eggs are a healthy, natural food which are recommended by nutritionists.” She added, “What’s more, there are no restrictions on the number of eggs people can eat, which was recently confirmed by the Food Standards Agency, and between five and seven eggs a week would be totally acceptable for most people. In addition, many other advertisers clearly promote their products to be eaten every day such as breakfast cereals so we are very surprised that eggs have been singled out in this way.”
This post is filed under What is the World coming to? by Lonewolf at 8:01am
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