Fulfilment of this research encompass the exploration of:

• the trade-political and theoretical economic importance of food safety;
• the health risks as a concomitant of global food trade;
• the connection of risks to world regions;
• the efficiency of regulations accepted on international level;
• the main functions of scientific consultation;
• criterions of satisfactory functioning of legal institutions concerned.

• the international food trade, the transformation of agricultural world markets;
• international agricultural trade policy, the WTO regulations;
• the increasing importance of food quality, the development of quality concept, the causes triggering this development;
• transformation of requirements concerning food safety;
• regulation of international agricultural trade:

• regional regulations,
• multilateral regulations (GATT-WTO),

• food safety and international trade policy;
• effect of food safety on food trade, theoretical relations;
• enforcement of food-chain principle;
• effect of activity of international organizations for standartization (FAO, WHO, ISO) on food safety, product and system certifications;
• evaluation of WTO rejections concerning products being rejected on the basis of SPS commitment.

• emerging from globalization of trade;
• regulating of international agri-trade;
• the activity of international organizations (WTO, FAO, WHO) being responsible for guiding principles in international trade;
• imminent new health problems arising on world markets,
• the problems of GMO regulation.

Dr. Maria Uzonyi