History and current state of food falsification in Russia

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Abstract

Food falsification has been recognized in Russia as a social problem since the mid 17th century. Historical documents testify to government measures aimed at combating fraud in the food supply industry. The foundation of the first hygienic laboratories made it possible to establish the scale of this phenomenon, collect evidence based on the results of laboratory studies, and develop regulatory documents and production standards that determine the quality and safety of food products for human health. The consequences of manufacturing, selling and consuming counterfeit food products are associated with the risk of losing health, reducing life expectancy, increasing mortality from alimentary diseases and food poisoning. For centuries, there has been an intensified fight against counterfeit products, but the problem is still relevant today. Violations in the food circulation sphere have led to the adoption of legislative and regulatory acts in recent years aimed at improving state policy measures in this area.

Contributions:
Mikailova O.M., Gavrilenko O.L
. – research concept, editing;
Tarasova F.V. – collection and processing of material, writing the text, compiling the list of references, editing.
All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. The study had no sponsorship.

Received: November 7, 2024 / Accepted: November 19, 2024 / Published: December 17, 2024

About the authors

Olga M. Mikailova

Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being in the Moscow region

Email: mikailova-om@yandex.ru

PhD (Medicine), Head of the Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being in the Moscow Region, Chief State Sanitary Doctor in the Moscow Region, Mytishchi, 141014, Russian Federation

e-mail: mikailova-ov@yandex.ru

Olga L. Gavrilenko

Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing

Email: gavrilenkool@mail.ru

PhD (Medicine), Deputy Director of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman, Mytishchi, 141014, Russian Federation

e-mail: gavrilenkool@mail.ru

Francesca V. Tarasova

Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being in the Moscow region

Author for correspondence.
Email: sgm@50.rospotrebnadzor.ru

Head of the Department of Social and Hygienic Monitoring and Information Technology Support of the Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being in the Moscow region, Mytishchi, 141014, Russian Federation

e-mail: sgm@50.rospotrebnadzor.ru

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