Food safety as one of the main safety preoccupations of a modern man

Industrialization, agricultural production and use of hormones, additives, pesticides, and like have influenced the increase in customers' dissatisfaction, leading to loss of their confidence in institutions responsible for food safety control. It resulted in changes and adoption of more string...

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Published in:Ekonomika poljoprivrede (1979) 2017, Vol.64 (1), p.191-204
Main Authors: Bjelajac, Zeljko, Dukic-Mijatovic, Marijana, Dragojlovic, Joko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additives
Agricultural production
Agrochemicals
Consumer protection
Consumers
Food production
Food quality
Food safety
Food selection
Genetically altered foods
harmonization
Hormones
Institutions
International standards
International trade
Legislation
Nutrition
Pesticides
Poisoning
Poisons
Quality standards
Republic of Serbia
Safety
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Summary:Industrialization, agricultural production and use of hormones, additives, pesticides, and like have influenced the increase in customers' dissatisfaction, leading to loss of their confidence in institutions responsible for food safety control. It resulted in changes and adoption of more stringent legal regulations that followed the concept "from farm to fork" at the level of the European Union and the Republic of Serbia. It puts the emphasis on consumers and their right to have important facts for the proper selection of products (food) at their disposal. Consequently, the international standards which ensure the quality and safety of food are being developed. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyze food safety from the aspect of modern man through the methodological and theoretical framework. Analysis method will explain terms related to the food safety, while the normative method will be used to see legislation regulating the studying matter of food safety and consumer protection in the European Union and the Republic of Serbia, and the obtained results will be compared and summarized through comparative method.
ISSN:0352-3462
2334-8453
DOI:10.5937/ekoPolj1701191B