Authors : Natalia O. Petrova, Valentyna V. Nezhevelo, Alyona M. Klochko, Ksenia V. Blyumska-Danko and Ruslana I. Cramar
Abstract: The study is devoted to current issues in the sphere of development and food safety in the integration of Ukraine into the EU. The features of food safety in Ukraine are compared with the other countries. ‘Weak’ and ‘strong’ points of Ukraine in terms of the Global Food Security Index is identified. It is found that the existing problematic aspects of food safety in Ukraine negatively affect the economic and legal areas of the state. Analyzed the necessity to adapt national legislation of Ukraine to the requirements set by international trade organizations and the European Union. Presented the ways of improving national legislation of Ukraine to EU requirements in the sphere of food safety on the basis of studies of international experience. Ukraine has introduced a quality and product safety system HACCP for the identification, measure, analyzing and controlling the risks that is a positive tendency in regulatory quality assurance.
Natalia O. Petrova, Valentyna V. Nezhevelo, Alyona M. Klochko, Ksenia V. Blyumska-Danko and Ruslana I. Cramar, 2017. Features and Problematic Aspects of Food Safety in the Integration of Ukraine into the EU. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 4787-4791.