Provision of food safety as the basis of economic policy of Russia

The article is devoted to the issues of provision of food safety of Russia on the basis of regulation of its food subcomplex. To keep and improve population health, it is necessary to provide it with high-grade food which structure should be differentiated by regions taking into account national traditions. The modern system of estimation of the country food safety level demands the wider range of indicators. In the article the dynamics of consumption level of the basic foodstuff by the population of the country is analysed. Socioeconomic factors, which food safety of Russia depends on, the basic criteria of food safety are considered, the main of which is the level of foodstuff self-sufficiency at all territorial levels of the country. The necessity of state regulation of economy on the whole and of its food subcomplex in particular is designated. The solution of a set of problems for the provision of the worthy level of food safety and working out a policy of development for long-term prospect is proposed.