Food quality monitoring: review of the question. Part one

The rapid growth of consumer demand for healthy food products forms a stable segment of these products in the consumer market. To date, a significant portion of food products sold with the logo "for healthy eating" in most cases is not. In fact, a marketing “trick” is being implemented on the shelves of retail - the product is positioned as “healthy” or environmentally friendly to attract consumers, but the question arises of the reliability of the declared characteristics. Analysis of violations of the requirements of standards identified as part of fan testing of food products. Among the popular goods that the independent non-profit organization «Russian quality system» showed availability was not recommended for purchase, there are certain types of cheeses (14 %), cottage cheese and curd products (11 %), sour cream (6 %), poultry, meat and fish products (6 % each). This approach is a very effective tool for informing the buyer about manufacturers, supplying a low-quality product to the market. Changes in food systems due to technological advances are causing growing concern among consumers about the possible contamination of food products with toxic substances, as well as diseases transmitted through food. In this regard, the issues of identifying and analyzing the risks of violations of safety indicators in relation to food products at all stages of their distribution are becoming very relevant. The analysis of typical violations of the requirements of the standards for sold food products remains the main objects of research to minimize them in the framework of interagency cooperation at all levels. A review of world and domestic practices in the field of ensuring the quality and usefulness of food products will determine the most effective approaches to solve this problem.