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Scotland restricts prime supermarket displays for high sugar foods

The rules ban prominent placement of certain pre packaged foods, and apply to businesses with more than 50 employees.

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Sugary soft drinks, biscuits, and some breakfast cereals are being pulled from prominent shelf locations in Scotland after new regulations introduced limits on how certain high fat, sugar, and salt products can be displayed in supermarkets.

Under the Scottish government rules, some items can no longer be placed in prime end-of-aisle slots or used in multi buy promotions in store or online. The scope includes products such as chocolate, crisps, biscuits, ice cream, and may also cover items like kombucha, seaweed snacks, muesli, and chewing gum depending on their sugar content, according to BBC Business.

The regulations apply to businesses with more than 50 employees, including supermarkets and other retailers, plus restaurants, pharmacies, petrol stations, and garden centres.

Businesses are also no longer allowed to display certain pre packaged foods, including sugary soft drinks, confectionery, biscuits, and breakfast cereals, in prominent locations such as entrances, checkouts, aisle ends, and designated queueing areas, BBC Business reported.

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