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Horrible hateful of toffee pop advert not racist

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

The Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA’s) Complaints Board has found a commercial advertising new caramelised white chocolate biscuits was not racist.

The ruling comes after the board received a complaint that a TV advertisement for Griffins’ Toffee Pops had “offensive dialogue with racist overtones”. Continue reading

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