The Animal Welfare Party has made a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over the supermarket chain Lidl’s new Christmas TV ad. The complaint has been made on the grounds that it breaches section 4.2 of the BCAP code. (4.2 Advertisements must not cause serious or widespread offence against generally accepted moral, social or cultural standards). AWP’s complaint to the ASA reads: The voice over on the Lidl ad states: “Turkey, chicken and duck, in one meal. So everybody’s happy. Apart from the turkey, chicken … The Animal Welfare Party has given its backing to the campaign to repeal Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, which places a blanket ban on regulators releasing The campaign, organized by the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS), is also supported by PETA UK, Animal Aid and the Campaign for the Freedom of Information, among others. Section 24 has prevented open public debate and wider scientific scrutiny of the use of animals in research, a matter of intense public concern. But, …Animal Welfare Party makes complaint against Lidl’s Christmas Ad
AWP support the repeal of Section 24
any information from animal experimentation laboratories.
