Food Marketing To Children

FTC Press Briefing to Discuss Report on

The Federal Trade Commission will release a report examining industry expenditures in marketing food and beverages to children and adolescents.

WHO: Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Lydia Parnes
Director, Division of Advertising Practices, Mary Engle

WHEN: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 11 a.m.

WHERE: Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 432
Washington, D.C. 20580

Reporters unable to attend the event can either call in or view the Webcast.

Call-in Information: The toll-free phone number (in the U.S. and Canada) is 866-363-9013. The confirmation number is 58072292. (Please reference this number when joining the call). The chairperson is Gail Kingsland, and the lines, which are for media only, will open at 10:45 a.m. EST.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/07/foodmark.shtm