ACTA Scientiarum Polonorum

Abstract: In order to ensure the appropriate food safety and health of consumers, suitable legal requirements and new quality standards are constantly being elaborated. The free trade exchange within the European Union made it necessary to unify food legislation and quality standards within the entire area of the EU. This publication outlines appropriate systems and standards functioning in the food industry as well as the legal basis for their application. Apart from systems which are compulsory in enterprises of the food industry, the article also discusses systems which individual enterprises implement voluntarily as well as informatics systems used to organize and manage the production and product traceability.