A study, concerning about used as a dieatary supplement( Regulation,application and research about internet marketing in turkey )

In this thesis,1. Is the labeling information on the internet of the products produced and imported as dietary supplement suitable to the general labeling rules of foodstuffs.2. How many plants have these products included? Andtisinvestigated whether the indications knowledge oftheseproducts on internet pages were given and whether they used as advertising media or not has been studied.3. Additionally, How many plants consumed as food in these products is the positive or negative plant list on internet pages of Food Control General Management recorded?4. Information about the permission stages during the production and importation was given.5. Here upon, it is mentioned about the permission stages of the other countries and looking angle to the subject.In this study, approximate 500 web pages on internet were visited by us. It was performed the detailed study on 43 products. According to results of the investigations, 15 of these products were licensed through ministry of agriculture and we have presumed that 28 of them have been brought from abroad by the passengers and these products have been come out through internet. 43 samples contained over 206 plants 112 of the plants were on the positive list, 84 of them were not on the list, 9 plants were on the negative list and one plant was toxic. Additionally, one product contained 3 heavy metals. Also, 12 products samples possessed aphrodisiac properties and 12 of them were on sale on internet as ayurvedic product.We established the differences between countries in rules and applies of dietary supplements. Dietary supplements are regulated in a different way in every country. In USA, these products have not been accepted as medicine and are regulated under food law. Canada National Health Product Directorate (NHPD) is considered as food and NHPD?s goal to provide Canadians with timely access to safe, effective and high quality natural health products. Medicine and Health Regulation Agency (MHRA) in England decides whether products are medicines or not. In Europe, Europian Food Safety Agency (EFSA) publishs to countries recommendation decree about food safety. Permission procedures of dietary supplements and herbal medicinal products are changeable from country to country in EU.In our country, two ministers are interested in nutraceuticals and dietary supplements. These are ministry of health and ministry of agriculture. To get a permition a certificate from Ministry of Agriculture for these products is easier than Ministry of Healthy.