Food Security: International legal Aspects and Russian Law Enforcement Practice

Abstract

This article analyzes international legal aspects of food security. The main stages of the formation of the system of international organizations providing global food security (FAO, WHO, ISO) are determined, and the features of the current state of this system. A special role of FAO in forming the system of international food security as a basis for law enforcement practice in this area was noted. The problem of the correlation of international legal norms in the field of ensuring food security, including a list of basic international standards regulating the quality and safety of products in food, processing industry, trade and public catering enterprises and national law enforcement practice, is disclosed. The conclusion is drawn that there is a feedback between national and international legislation: national regulations and standards are re-sealed by other participants of international organizations and acquire international legal significance. The main issues related to the participation of the Russian Federation in ensuring the global food security problem are considered. The conclusion is formulated that, as a member of ISO and FAO, Russia takes an active part in the project on the development of standards and legislation in the field of food quality and safety in order to ensure harmonization of the latter with international and European requirements, leading to significant changes in the procedure for standardization of food. It is argued Russia's accession to the WTO contributed to the optimization of the order of the domestic regulation of sanitary and phytosanitary standards: their adaptation to WTO requirements is considered by authors as a reflection of the general trend in the reception of the norms of international law in this field. In conclusion attention is drawn to the preservation of a gap in the field of ensuring international food security: the lack of a unified methodology for risk assessment, selection and research of samples of guaranted products, ensuring the quality and safety of food in the catering industry, and general rules of control and supervision. The conclusion is drawn preservation of global issue of food security necessitates the development of international legal norms aimed at creating right of food security as a separate sub-institution of international humanitarian law.