Advertising Antioxidant Level Not A Health Claim For Hershey Chocolate – NAD
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Promoting the antioxidant content of Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate in advertising for the product does not constitute implied health claims, the National Advertising Division said Aug. 16
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