MAIN PROBLEMS OF FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

Abstract

Ensuring food safety has become one of the priority directions on the world agenda. This issue has become particularly sensitive as a result of the epidemiological situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has clearly shown that it remains the main means of maintaining stability in emergency situations and the continuous supply of quality and safe food to the population. The stability and security of the food system directly affects the socio-economic factors necessary for human survival. The purpose of the study is to present the main mechanisms of its development and effective organization , conducting a scientific study of the actual problems of food processing enterprises of Kazakhstan . Methods: statistical-economic, analytical, comparative analysis methods were used to analyze the current state of development of processing enterprises in our country . In order to summarize the obtained results, analyze, systematize, monographic methods were used. Results: the article analyzed the prices of socially important food products in Kazakhstan in 2016-2022, according to the types of socially important products in 2016-2022. differences between per capita production volume and per capita food consumption rate were studied. In addition, possible ways to solve the food security problem of the country in the coming years were considered. Conclusions: In order to sufficiently provide the population with food of social importance, taking into account the level of specialization of the regions, it is important to strengthen the work of processing enterprises with the support of the state.