Global Dump Soft Drinks Campaign
Media


 

Press Contact

For immediate media inquires, email: bsilverglade@cspinet.org, or call Bruce Silverglade President
International Association of Consumer Food Organizations
1-202-777-8337

Regional Media Contacts:
East Asia - Natsuko Kumasawa: natsuko@hpnew.com
South Asia - Bejon Misra: bejonmisra@consumer-voice.org
Europe - Tim Lobstein: - tlobstein@iotf.org
North America - Bill Jeffery: jefferyb@istar.ca

Press Releases

Consumer Groups in 20 Countries Urge Coke, Pepsi to Limit Soft Drink Marketing to Children

10/29/2007 Groups Announce Global "Dump Soda" Campaign

Video Clips

Consumer Groups in 20 Countries Call for Limits on Soft Drinks (Windows Media) (mp4 Quicktime)

Consumer Groups Announce Global Dump Soft Drink Campaign - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, October 29, 2007, Sydney Australia

Should Government Limit Marketing of Soft Drinks to Children? - Fox TV News Debate, November 16, 2007, Washington, D.C

Press Clips

Soft drink behemoths attacked over global ad pledges Beverage Daily - Montpellier,France
Bruce Silverglade, legal director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) said that stricter curbs on current carbonated beverage marketing should have been employed.

Pop's sudden thirst for approval
Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. simultaneously announced that it is their intention to implement the guidelines throughout the global operation by the end of 2009. Bill Jeffery, National Coordinator for CSPI Canada scanned a jaundiced eye of over the industry's global announcement.

NGOs Urge World Health Assembly to Challenge Corporate Role in Preventable Disease
Seeking to circumvent mandatory health polices, PepsiCo and Coca Cola announced in Brussels a new voluntary scheme with the stated aim of reducing marketing to children under 12.

10/29/2007 Push to ban soft drink ads for young

11-12/2007 Dump Soft Drinks Campaign Launched in Mexico (MS Word)

Global Dump Soft Drinks Campaign Launched in Malaysia


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Photos

Consumers Association of Penang (Malaysia) Press Conference

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