ABSTRACT

Hazardous chemicals not occurring normally in food must be controlled in order to ensure food safety. Food safety covers fulllment of all operations undertaken at all stages of its production, storage, and sale, in order to ensure the health and life of consumers. The primary objective consists in satisfying conditions ensuring the presence in food of those components that are indispensable for the body and a complete

19.1 Introduction .................................................................................................445 19.2 International Regulations Concerning the Control of Chemical

Hazardous Substances in Food: CA............................................................446 19.3 Regulations of the EU and Other Countries Concerning the Control

of Hazardous Chemicals in Food ................................................................447 19.4 Regulations Concerning Food Hygiene in the EU ......................................448 19.5 Regulations Established for Controlling Hazardous Chemicals in Food .....450