Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 December 2004. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 6 December 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) organisations and (b) products have adopted the Department of Health's Five a Day logo.

Answer: Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) organisations and (b) products have adopted the Department of Health's 5 A DAY logo. [199458] Miss Melanie Johnson: The 5 A DAY logo was launched in March 2003. To date, over 400 organisations have adopted the logo of which over 100 are commercial organisations, the remainder being national health service trusts, local authorities and not- for-profit bodies. 65 of these organisations have been granted a licence to use the 5 A DAY logo on product packaging; and between them feature the logo on over 700 products. Well-known organisations and brands using the 5 A DAY logo include Asda, Co-op, Iceland and Aldi supermarkets, Costcutter, Nisa-Today's and T & S convenience stores, Boots' Shapers range, Tropicana fruit juice, Julian Graves health food stores, Whitworth's and Sundora dried fruit, McDonald's fruit bags, and Sodexho, Compass and Avenance caterers.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 199458; 428 c351W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Companies Health education Fruit Publicity Nutrition Packaging Logos Vegetables
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