Food quality and safety legislation in turkey: an evaluation in the process of European Union integration

Ensuring safety and quality of a food product are the two key factors which determine the degree of meeting customer expectations in food industry. Systematic approaches are required to meet these factors.This study aims to determine the implications of the European Union?s (EU) food quality and safety policies for Turkey in the process of membership. From farm to fork policy in EU and The new Food Law No: 5179 in Turkey is tried to amend by the official regulations. In this study firstly some basic terms are clarified. Secondly internernatıonal standarts which are acceptable all of the world are examined. At the third part of study EU?s food quality and safety policies are analyzed and corporations about food quality and safety are under debated. Forth part devoted to the Turkey?s perspective on food safety and control. The current legal and instritutional structure and efforts toward reforming it are scrutrinized in detail. At the fifth part of study the auditing operations performed in Turkey have been analysed and such an application has also been considered for Antalya. At the last chapter of the study food quality and safety policies in EU and Turkey are compared and offered some ideas about deficiency and problems in Turkey food sector.