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Stop crisp producers from filling more than 20% of the bag with air.

Submitted on Sunday 17th September 2017

Rejected on Monday 18th September 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Stop crisp producers from filling more than 20% of the bag with air.

Petition Details

Most crisp brands that can be found on the shelves of Britain's supermarkets today are often full of air, despite looking full.

It is not fair that people pay so much for a quarter of a bag of crisps and as a student it is forcing me into poverty.

Additional Information

According to researchers for CDA, most major brands of crisps take up 50% or more air per packet. The popular McCoys brand contains 59%. The PopChips brand was found to contain up to 72% of air compared to crisps.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. This is a decision for crisp manufacturers, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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