Food Issue and Need for its Normative and Legal Regulation in Russia

Abstract

A special attention should be paid to the issues of food security and its normative and legal regulation at the present stage of society development. The article determined the main stages of food security issue development and study in Russia and abroad. They determined the critical periods of the post-Soviet space, characterized by the catastrophic state of food dependence and the decline of the economy agrarian sectors. They performed the analysis of the current normative and legal regulation in Russia and abroad. They attempted to assess the degree of food security issue legal regulation in Russian Federation due to the absence of the federal law which allows to control and ensure food and national security. They gave the recommendations for normative and legal regulation improvement.