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- ↑ "Food Standards Agency - "Sid the Slug"".
- ↑ Salt Manufacturers' Association press release ‘Squash Slug’ Says Salt Industry Archived 2006-09-09 at the Wayback Machine 20 September 2004
- ↑ Broadcast Advertising Adjudications: 20 April 2005 Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ↑ BBC Salt advert complaint rejected 12 October 2004
- ↑ Food Standards Agency Complaints Received by the FSA in 2004 - 2005
