[The Russian Federation law "On technical regulation"--a new instrument for improving quality and safety of food products].

Law of the Russian Federation "On technical regulation" shall substantially increase the importance of the requirements as to the foodstuff, process of production and liability for compliance with such requirements. The main goal of the Law is to provide for the requirements which shall be deemed to be obligatory, i.e. for those which have the most significant importance for safety of people, property, environment, plant, animals and which provide for the best informational resources for the consumers. This raises the problem of the need for development, broader usage of the complex approach to the evaluation of the multiply risk as well as fixing the set of factors for the purpose of determination of the level of their safety as regards certain objects set out by law, such problem being common for all sciences (including the science for the hygienic nutrition). In order to bring Law "On Technical Regulation" into effect it is very important that the specialists of various concentration realize the importance of the issues raised by this Law and the necessity of taking actions for solving such issues.