Analytical assurance of food safety: a retrospective analysis

Abstract

The article assesses the state of food security based on the approval of the project Methodology for determining the main indicators of food security, developed by experts of the Institutional and Policy Reform for Smallholder Agriculture (IPRSA) Project and taking into account the Law of Ukraine "On State Support of Agriculture of Ukraine" No. 1877-IV dated June 24, 2004 (with changes). The assessment takes into account the possibility of meeting the nutritional needs of its population, the availability of food, considering the annual prices for certain types of food, the level of food losses, the availability of resources for agricultural production, in particular, the seed material of the main crops. The reasons for the decrease in the capacity of food markets and the passive dynamics of food production are substantiated. It is proposed to shift the emphasis from a retrospective analysis of food security to an operational one, to form an information base on the analysis of threats to food security and its actual state, prompt response to the replenishment of physical food stocks as a monitoring base. The criteria for assigning business entities to the list of producers of food products for the purpose of making decisions on food safety are substantiated. It is proposed to form a wider range of food products, to increase the balance of the diet, to create conditions for the competitive development of the domestic food industry, to ensure the effective development of interstate agreements in the trade of food products, which is important for the export of products from Ukraine. The system of monitoring indicators of food security in Ukraine should take into account the indicators of the mandatory monitoring system as a component of economic security, the indicators of monitoring the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 1 Alleviation of poverty, Goal 2 Alleviation of hunger), which are monitored by the Government of Ukraine. Keywords: food safety, food safety indicators, operational monitoring, food products.