Regulation of advertising for food supplements in public law

Public law regulation of advertising food supplements Abstract The thesis deals with advertising of food supplements and its public regulation. The aim of this work is to provide information about existing legislation and decision-making practice in this area. The first chapter outlines the basic legal sources of public regulation of advertising for food supplements, which consists mainly of several European regulations, the Food Act and the Act on Advertising Regulation. The second chapter deals with general issues of legal regulation of food suppelements. Food supplements are foods intended to supplement the normal diet. They must be appropriately labeled, not given medical properties and health and nutrition claims may only be used in accordance with European regulations. The notification is carried out at the Ministry of Agriculture and the ingredients are controlled by the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority. It is also important to understand the difference between medical products and food supplements, which may not always be obvious. The third chapter deals with general issues of legal regulation of advertising. It defines what advertising is, how it is regulated and what its constitutional legal basis is. The whole thesis culminates in the fourth chapter, when it comes to special..