Tag "MÉKISZ"

Soon we will only be able to get certain dietary supplements in pharmacies

The draft on the tightening of the trade regulation of dietary supplements in Hungary is a subject of constant debate. According to the planned changes, certain dietary supplements would only...

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A website collecting the side effects of dietary supplements has been launched

The website collecting the side effects of dietary supplements has been launched, the notifications received on the www.nutrivigilancia.hu page are analyzed by specialists, in order to be able to identify...

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Cooperation for more ethical dietary supplement advertisements

The Hungarian Association of Dietary Supplement Manufacturers and Distributors (MÉKISZ) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Self-regulatory Advertising Board (ÖRT). In accordance with this, in the future ÖRT will conduct...

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The Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Food Supplements in Hungary (MÉKISZ) has concluded a cooperation agreement with the Self-Regulatory Advertising Board

The Association of Hungarian Food Supplement Manufacturers and Distributors (MÉKISZ) has signed a co-operation agreement with the Self-Regulatory Advertising Board (ÖRT), in which it has raised its co-operation at the...

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Magazine: Dietary supplements: increasing health-consciousness

In February London-based Euromonitor International published a study about the Hungarian dietary supplement market. It revealed that Hungarian consumers know and take care more about their health than before.  Companies have...

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The rule of advertising for nutritional supplements is changing

The law on specialty medical products will come into force on 22 February – according to which advertising must not contain any health claim. The ÖRT draws attention that the...

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Nearly half of the young Hungarians use dietary supplements

Almost half of young Hungarians have consumed some kind of dietary supplements in the past year, but almost one third of them do not know exactly what kind of products...

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Magazine: Consumers are more conscious, but they still have a lot to learn

Although the market of functional foods keeps growing, it isn’t sill fully clear yet what products belong to this category. The general interpretation is that those foods are functional which...

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