23% TO BE ADDED TO COST OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS Starting 1st March 2019 - Unless we can change Minister Donohoes' mind The Revenue Commissioners announced in December of last year that VAT should be applied on all food supplements from the 1st of March this year (2019). This is a 23% increase on the 0% [...]
In a regular column for Health Food Business, the IHTA’s Phil Costigan looks at the the management of vitamins and minerals on the Irish market. Readers will remember that I reported in the June edition of HFBM that the food supplement industry in Ireland was developing and thriving consequent to an increasing number of consumers [...]
In a regular column for Health Food Business, the IHTA’s Phil Costigan questions whether Ireland can aspire to be lean and green? Can Ireland aspire to be lean and green? It is wise and prudent to know your customer, to keep vigilant on the supply and demand, so recently the IHTA commissioned a survey based on [...]
In a regular column for Health Food Business, the IHTA’s Phil Costigan questions whether the natural health industry is in danger of a potential major decline? Is the continued growth of the natural health industry in danger of a potential major decline? Readers will be well familiar with health, fitness and weight loss TV programmes, [...]
In a regular column for Health Food Business, the IHTA’s Phil Costigan highlights the priorities for the organisation as we move into 2018. No more out with the old and in with the new...it’s more of the same really! Firstly to our readers, Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh, may 2018 bring much joy and contentment to [...]
In a regular column for Health Food Business , the IHTA’s Phil Costigan explains that the organisation recognises the importance of working together to protect consumer choice. November has arrived, the Festival of Samhain, marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter has passed. Our Celtic ancestors believed that as Samhain was [...]
In this edition of Health Food Business, Phil Costigan, General Secretary of the Irish Health Trade Association (IHTA), discusses the current healthcare crisis and the importance of the natural health industry. Health policy makers and the natural health industry, is it time to be reading from the same page? The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, [...]
Having recently received information on a seminar calling together policymakers and key stakeholders to examine the future for healthcare policy in Ireland, it was astounding to note once more the emphasis on medical care. Again and again, it seems that references to our nation’s health/healthcare by the policy makers relates to the the prevention and [...]
In this edition of Health Food Business, Phil Costigan, General Secretary of the Irish Health Trade Association (IHTA), reveals some exciting plans for 2017. It is etched in our psyche, March 29, 2017, an historic date for our UK neighbours, and here in Ireland on that day, we were blessed with a lovely blue sky and [...]
Red wine compound found to slow down neural aging in mice New research suggests that a compound commonly found in red wine and some fruits may protect our neurons against the unwanted effects of aging. In fact, the study suggests that the benefits may be equivalent to those of dieting and exercising. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/316238.php Resveratrol’s role [...]
