Significance of Conformity of Food Legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the EU Legislation
The European Union and member states have put food safety at the top of political agendas and priorities. Food safety, initially viewed as an isolated concept, because of its great importance over time becomes a factor that is embedded in all horizontal European policy. Basic determinants of food security strategies are: the legal framework for food safety and food for animals, independent and public opinion available to scientists, manufacturing process control compliance with the legal framework and freedom of choice for consumers on the basis of available pertinent information. The basic guiding principles of the White Paper on Food Safety of the European Union, which was made in 2000, is the policy that food safety must be based on a comprehensive integrated approach. One of the results of the White Paper on Food safety is a European Commission Regulation 178/02 (EC Regulation 178/02), which is called the General Food Law EU. Food Law of FBiH (Official Gazette of FBiH “, no. 50/04) is compliant with EC Regulation 178/02, governing the area of food safety in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Food Safety Agency of FBiH, as a leading national authority in the field of food safety, according to the provisions of the Food Act initiates, prepares and organizes the development of implementing regulations under this Act. In the period 2006-2009 in BiH , Law on GMOs released a series of implementing regulations in the area of food safety regulations and is consistent with EU directives.