Abstract

Every year 2 million people in the world have direct poisoning by pesticides, and about 50 thousand die. Depending on the structure of pesticide contamination, it is observed increase in cardiovascular and endocrine diseases, and increase of the amount of allergic diseases. Thus it is much more dangerous to human health, mostly hidden, are small amounts of pesticides and their metabolites, which may contain residues in food, not only in the plant, but also in meat, milk, fish, poultry. Some metabolites of pesticides toxicity are superior to the original substance.In international law, there are a great number of international agreements that regulate food safety issues, international trade of food products and in particular the order of distribution and use of pesticides.Integration and development of agricultural and food industries, globalization of food trade are changing the established system of production and distribution of food products. This leads to the creation of conditions in which both known and new foodborne illness is spreading, which in recent years have become a heavy burden for many people around the world. According to the WHO, the US annual economic loss from the use of poor-quality food and related diseases are estimated at between 6.5 to 35 billion US dollars. Thereby, by eating unsafe food, hundreds of millions of people suffer, and millions die.

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