... Standard3:Mediausedfor marketing messages 19 Standard4: Marketing methods19 Standard5:Useofbrands20 Standard6:Settings and locations20 Standard7:Accountability21AppendixWorldHealthOrganizationSetofRecommendationsonthe Marketing ofFoods and Non‐alcoholicBeveragestoChildren ... PublicHealthNutrition,MetropolitanUniversityCollege,Copenhagen,Denmark©IASOJune2011www.iaso.orgThisreporthasbeenproducedwiththeassistanceoftheEuropeanUnionwithintheframeworkofthePilotProjectonTransatlanticMethodsforHandlingGlobalChallenges.ThecontentsofthisreportarethesoleresponsibilityofIASO and caninnowaybetakentoreflecttheviewsoftheEuropeanUnion.20tobaccouseeitherdirectlyorindirectly’.Itspecifiesall‘advertising,promotion and sponsorship’.Forbreast‐milksubstitutes,theInternationalCode37specifiesthatcontrolsapplyto‘productpromotion,distribution,selling,advertising,productpublicrelations, and informationservices’.Thesephrasescanbeadaptedwiththeadditionof‘abletoinfluenceachild’.Standard5:UseofbrandsIssue:Products and mediamaycarrya brand identityforacompanylinkedtofoodorbeverageproductswithoutspecifyingafoodorbeverageorgivinganexplicit marketing message.Proposal:Riskreductionmeansbrandswithrecognisablelinkstofood and beverageproductsneedtobetreatedasiftheywerepromotingthefoodorbeveragetowhichtheyareassociated.Ahighstandard:Acomprehensiveapproachrestrictstheuseof brand promotionlikelytoinfluencechildrenwhenthat brand hasarecognisableassociationwithfood and drinkproductssubjectto marketing restrictions.Wherebrandslinktomultipleproducts,theassumptionshouldbethatthe brand ispromotingthemostfamiliarorhighestsellingofitsproducts.ProposalsfromtheAustralianObesityPolicyCoalitionsuggestthatbrandsshouldberestrictedunlesstheyarebeingusedinapromotionforahealthyfoodproductorrange.38 Brand meansthenameofafoodorbeverageproductorrangeofproducts,orthemanufacturerordistributorthereof,oranyotherwords,designsorimagesthatarecloselyassociatedwithsuchproducts.Standard6:Settings and locationsIssue:Authoritiesresponsibleforstandardswherechildrenaregathered,suchasschools and childcarefacilities,haveadutytoensurethatnothingprejudicesachild’swellbeing.Proposal:Riskreductionmeansthatallsettingswherechildrengathershouldbefreefromthepromotionofspecifiedfood and beverages,includingbrands,logos,vouchers and giftsassociatedwithsuchproducts.Ahighstandard:Acomprehensiveapproachavoidstheneedtospecifyeverypossiblesetting.TheWHORecommendationsstate“settingsinclude,butarenotlimitedto,nurseries,schools,schoolgrounds and pre‐schoolcentres,playgrounds,family and childclinics and paediatricservices, and duringanysporting and culturalactivitiesthatareheldonthesepremises”.39Foralcohol,theCityofSanDiego,California,adoptedanordinanceinOctober2000whichprohibitsadvertisingalcoholonanybillboardwithin1,000feetofany37http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/code_english.pdf38http://www.opc.org.au/downloads/positionpapers/Protecting‐children‐email1_FINAL_13.04.11.pdf39http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity /marketing food‐to‐children/en/index.html17 and followedthisupwithawebsiteofferingfreemealvoucherstothosewhocanidentifythepointintheadvertisementwhenthenoiseoccurred.27Morerecently,MicrosoftannouncedtechnologytoallowX‐Boxplayerstousevoicecontrolsduringgamingwhichwouldforwardadvertisingmessagestotheirfriend’sphoneswhenever marketing promotionswerepresentinthegame.2827EBlasshttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/11/kfc‐ad‐agency‐strikes‐again‐with‐mosquito‐tone‐commercial/28TVega,NewYorkTimes20June2011.Seehttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/business/media/21xbox.html?_r=2&ref=mediaContentsSummary11.Background3 ... Socialnetworkingsites10 Generalisedbranding11 Schools and otherchildren’ssettings12 Characterlicensing and brand equitycharacters 13 Productdesign and packaging15 Shopdisplays15...