FOOD REGULATIONS AND FOOD SAFETY

The basic principle of food law is to protect the public health. The main aim of the law is to protect or meet the security need of individuals. In this study, food legislation and food security were mentioned from past to present. Besides the basic requirements of nutrition and food, the main problems in food and similar issues were examined and solutions were emphazized. In the first part of the review “food concept, food safety, food adulterations and food alergies, sources in the food law are discussed whereas in the next section, “crimes against public health in the Turkish Penal code in accordance with the law no 5237, food standardization in Turkey, food legislation and food law in the European union, and comparison of European Union legislation and Tur-key’s legislation, and standardization of training in food safety.