Grain quality control as a factor of solving the problem of food security in the Russian Federation: regulatory and legal aspects

Food safety today remains one of the main problems of mankind, as it determines the health of the nation, its development and well-being. Grain is a strategic type of food, both in Russia and abroad, its quality is an important and mandatory object of state regulation and control. To ensure the safety of grain supplied for food purposes and released into circulation in the common customs territory of the Customs Union, it is established that grain can be produced only if it meets the requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 015/2011 “On grain safety”, and therefore underwent the necessary procedures for assessing compliance. Moreover, each batch of delivered grain at its release into circulation must be accompanied by shipping documents with information about the Declaration of compliance with the requirements of the current technical regulations. Thus, the declaring of grain today is an obligatory step of confirmation of compliance. Since TR CU 015/2011 “On the safety of grain” sets the minimum safety requirements, so the declaring can be used by the manufacturer as one of the effective tools to ensure the safety of products. This conformity assessment procedure ensures the free movement of grain in the common customs territory of the Customs Union. Peculiarities of work organization conducted by the participants of the conformity declaring are governed in the Russian Federation by the national standard GOST P 56015-2014 “Conformity Assessment. The procedure for binding confirmation of products conformity to the technical regulations of the Customs Union “On grain safety”. It implements the provisions of the technical regulations of the Customs Union “On grain safety” and presents in detail the procedure of conformity assessment. This article is devoted to the study of modern approaches to the organization and conduct of declaring as a modern form of ensuring the safety of grain released into circulation in the common customs territory of the Customs Union.