31^st European Nutrition and Dietetics Conference

Food Safety Laws and Regulations

From earliest times food has been significantly vulnerable to exploitation, and there's an extended history of food legislation with the aim of preventing consumers being either cheated or poisoned. Measures for the protection of the consumer against the adulteration of food and drink were among the earliest examples of social legislation. Despite the unquestioned improvement in food purity and in marketing practices caused by this legislation consumers are more and more uneasy about the security and quality of the modern food supply. Important elements of Food Safety include general principles of food law, food hygiene and Genetically Modified Organisms labeling. Proposes to update and extend legislative controls to ensure the safety of animal feed were also included in food safety regulations.