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Food safety as a priority for consumer organizations
Bezbednost hrane kao prioritet potrošačkih organizacija
Visoka poljoprivredna škola, Šabac
Abstract
Food safety is of principal importance for consumers. Contaminated food can cause irreparable effects on human health. Globalization of world economy has enhanced international food trade and, together with other factors, it has increased the risk for contemporary consumers. The consumers rights to safety are protected by numerous international organizations, such as International Consumer Organization, World Health Organization, International Organization for Food and Agriculture, and, first of all, the Organization of United Nations, which passed the Guidelines for consumer protection and recommended them to all member states back in 1985.Food safety is one of priorities in European Union and it is regulated by legal heritage of European Union, acquis communautaire. The issue of food safety is also a consumer priority in Serbia, and it is the reason why the state has to support consumer organizations in the field of product quality testing, and especially food product, apart from passing legal regulations.
Sažetak
Bezbednost hrane od prioritetne je važnosti za potrošače. Kontaminirana hrana može izazvati nepopravljive posledice po zdravlje ljudi. Globalizacija svetske privrede povećala je međunarodnu trgovinu hrane i uz ostale faktore povećala rizik za savremene potrošače. Zaštitu prava potrošača na bezbednost štite mnoge međunarodne organizacije, kao što je Međunarodna organizacija potrošača, Svetska zdravstvena organizacija, Međunarodna organizacija za hranu i poljoprivredu, a pre svega Organizacija Ujedinjenih nacija koja je još 1985. godine donela Smernice o zaštiti potrošača i preporučila ih svim državama članicama.U Evropskoj uniji, bezbednost hrane jedan je od prioriteta i regulisan je pravnom stečevinom Evropske unije, acquis communnautaire. Pitanje bezbednosti hrane i u Srbiji je prioritet potrošača, zato država mora pored donošenja zakonskih propisa da podrži potrošačke organizacije u oblasti testiranja kvaliteta proizvoda, a posebno prehrambenih proizvoda.
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