Food Safety - A Constitutive Element of Sectoral Community Policy

Abstract

Retrieving its legal basis in article 43, article 114, article 168 paragraph 4, and article 169 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, food safety constitutes together with the consumer protection and public health policy, key areas of the sectoral policy regarding consumer protection and public health, as in terms of food safety, the two EU sectoral policy objectives are established and pursued: protecting human health and the consumer interests and promoting smooth functioning of a competitive, single food market. Supporting and encouraging organic sales, the European Union follows the implementation and compliance throughout the production process of the regulations on food hygiene, animal and plant health, to the ones concerning food labelling.