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A draft amendment to the Food Safety and Nutrition Act had also been published The introduction of new solutions is due to the huge consumption of dietary supplements among Poles, as well as the huge number of registrations of new products of this type By over-advertising dietary supplements, patients spend a lot of money on them and also believe that in this way they will easily improve their health The new draft specifies the requirements for the labelling, presentation, or advertising of dietary supplements, which includes the reliability of the information provided and the prohibition of misleading.

Due to the frequent lack of knowledge about the differences between a drug and a dietary supplement, solutions were proposed regarding restrictions on advertising in terms of the target group, i.e. children, as well as possible associations with products or medicinal products. In addition, the advertisement for a dietary supplement can not use the image of medical workers and people with degrees and titles in the fields of medical and health sciences. In addition, the draft contains information that a dietary supplement may not be associated with a drug through advertising, packaging, or name. Excessive consumption of dietary supplements is a growing problem in society, which may be positively influenced by the proposed changes.

Justyna Mrowiec, Spokesperson in PPSA and Oliwia Dobbek, Vice President of International Relations in PPSA spokesperson@ptsf.pl