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