Legal Regulation of Food Waste Handling in Russia

Problems dealing with legal regulations of food waste handling are an acute sphere for the Russian Federation. Foods expiring period and losses can contaminate environment harmful dangerous substances, which they exude, get into near-by springs, rivers arable fields. Water from contaminated as well bread cultivated on such fields be consumed by peoples living in surrounding villages towns, ruin their health. Today effective system regulation includes numerous legislative normative acts inscribed different blocks: general legislation, legislation wastes, veterinary technical regulation, sanitary epidemiologic legislation. However, there a lot problems that have not been exposed proper way. The Federal Law dated June 24, 1998 N 89-FZ ‘Concerning Wastes Production Consumption’ does provide definition ‘food waste’. requirements obligatory separate stocking foods stipulated only utilization envisaged owner chose ways conditions possible methods destruction. After analyzing covering authors came to conclusion major part these blocks priority waste.