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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 183, 2018
12th International Conference Quality Production Improvement – QPI 2018
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Article Number | 01006 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Production Engineering | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201818301006 | |
Published online | 31 July 2018 |
Healthcare products and food supplements in Poland - a comparison
Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland
* Corresponding author: k.hys@po.opole.pl
The analysis of the level of consumption of food supplements by Poles raises increasing controversy. Many communities pay attention to the alarming situation, including, among others, Central Apothecary Council, National Institute of Medicine, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, National Sanitary Inspectorate or the Supreme Chamber of Control. For the purpose of this paper, the studies were conducted with the use of the desk research technique. There are many factors which affect the increase in food supplement sales in Poland. One of them is the lack of basic client knowledge concerning the differences between healthcare products and food supplements. Clients identify supplements with medicine, which is wrong. Due to the above, the purpose of the paper is to demonstrate the differences between healthcare products and food supplements. As result, a set of criteria will be established, which will be used to conduct a comparative analysis for a healthcare product and food supplement.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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