INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF CONTROL IN FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the state of food safety and quality in Ukraine against the background of international regulatory practice. The purpose of the study is to assess national legislation, institutional support and comparison with global standards to identify ways of harmonization. The main provisions of food safety in Ukraine are regulated by the Law "On Food Safety and Quality" dated December 23, 1997 No. 771/97-VR (as amended), where safety is defined as the state of a product that does not harm the health of the consumer, provided that sanitary measures and technical regulations are observed, and quality is defined as the degree of satisfaction of consumer needs. In international practice, the key tool is the Codex Alimentarius - a collection of standards developed under the auspices of FAO/WHO since 1963 by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The Commission's activities are aimed at protecting consumer health, ensuring fair trade, coordinating standards, setting priorities, editing and publishing norms. Codex covers standards for raw, semi-processed and processed products, hygiene regulations, additives, pesticides, contaminants, labelling, methods of analysis. Other international organisations include ISO (since 1946), which coordinates national standards, develops standards, exchanges information and cooperates with the UN; the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE, since 1947), which develops conventions, standards for the harmonisation of trade, consumer protection and the environment, focusing on perishable products; The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, since 1961), which creates European standards (EN) for EU countries. In the EU, the General Food Law of 2002 created the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, since 2003) for risk assessment and advice. National systems vary between centralized (Netherlands, Denmark) and decentralized (Spain, Germany). In European countries, tasks and powers are distributed between different bodies: in Estonia, the Veterinary and Food Department under the Ministry of Agriculture, in Sweden, the National Food Administration for consumer protection, in Germany, the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, in Poland, a reform to create a single body under the Ministry of Health, coordinated with the EU. Manufacturers implement quality systems (ISO, HACCP, GMP), which are more effective than certification of finished products, regulating the entire chain from raw materials to packaging.
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