Ban of sales of high caffeine energy drinks to under 16s
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
I am a journalist writing for trade publication Retail Newsagents magazine. I am writing to formally make a Freedom of Information Request regarding the motivations behind the proposed ban on selling high caffeine energy drinks to under 16s.
Can the Department provide any more recent or updated reports / consultation documents subsequent to the 2018 consultation entitled 'Ending the sale of energy drinks to children', which explains motivations and impact assessments of the proposed ban?
Can the Department also indicate the degree to which independent retailers and symbol group retailers have been surveyed in any impact assessment?
Yours faithfully,
Ciaran Donnelly
News Editor - Newtrade Media
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Dear Mr Donnelly,
Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1521299).
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
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