THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD SECURITY AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMANS

Аннотация

The article presents proposals for introducing the following changes to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Quality and Safety of Food Products" and scientifically substantiates them: "The concept of food safety" - "Changes in the form of safety of food products and raw materials, establishing special requirements for the quality of food raw materials." Key words: Food safety, quality assurance, certification system, artificial and natural pure products, protection of the domestic market. Population health, longevity, products with altered composition. Introduction. Food security means that people have access to safe and nutritious food (in terms of quality, quantity and variety) at all times that is rich in the elements necessary for an active and healthy lifestyle. Therefore, it should be noted that in the process of globalization, providing the population with quality and affordable food products has become an important issue in countries. Food is one of the most important nutrients in human life. Consumers always want to get quality and safe products. When we say safe food, we usually mean products that are high- quality, environmentally friendly, free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pesticides, andotherharmful elements related to food. Foodsafety is oneofthe main problems ofhumanity, determining the health, development, and well-being of nations. The quality of food consumed by the population is an important component of the level and quality of life of citizens, and has a significant impact on environmental protection, as well as on the socio-economic and demographicsituation ofthecountry. LITERATURE REVIEW ANDMETHODOLOGY Food security is one of the most pressing challenges facing countries around the world. UN experts also emphasize that today it is time to radically change the approach to food production and distribution. After all, in an ideal situation, agriculture, forestry and fisheries are able to fully provideeveryone withfood and create a sourceof incomefor people, as inthetreatise. Moreover, in such a situation, both agriculture will develop in the interests of people and measures to protect theenvironment will be implemented. Whyis such an influential organization serving the well-being and future of humanity putting forward the idea of ​ ​ ​ ​ renewing its views on this issue? The reason is that today, indifferent attitude to nature, increasing anthropogenic https://ijmri.de/index.php/jmsi volume 4,issue3,2025 101 impact on it, wastefulness, a growing difference in the food balance between advanced and developing countries, and climate change are causing a number ofnegative factors. Our treasures, fresh water, forests, biodiversity are rapidly decreasing, land fertility is decreasing, and soil is being degraded. As a result, according to the UN, the world's population is increasing in geometric progression, while unfortunately their needs are being met in arithmetic progression. Currently, 815 million people in the world are hungry, and by 2050 this number will reach 2 billion. people. 12.9percent of them liveindeveloping countries. 45 percent of deaths among children under five are caused by malnutrition. Currently, 3.1 million children die from malnutrition every year. Food security has a significant impact on the positive demographic development of a country, which allows it to maintain the health of its population. Safe nutritionextends life expectancy, promotes the healthy growth and development of children, prevents many diseases, and thereby ensures the health of the nation. The production of artificial products around the world is increasing day by day, and today it is absolutely unacceptable to weaken control over food safety. Food security of a country is a socio-economic and legal condition that guarantees the possibility of uninterrupted provision of the population with essential consumer products at the level of physical requirements without endangering the health of the population. In other words, food is considered safe if it does not pose a threat to the current and future generations. Therefore, since the objectivity of product quality control today guarantees its safety for the health of all mankind, it is impossible to look superficially at the problems associated with thisarea. Our research topicrequires a deep analysis of theproblems in the field, the disclosure of the necessary proposals, and the analysis of the legislative documents of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Article 17 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-being of the Population establishes that citizens have the right to receive information from state administration bodies, local government bodies, as well as bodies implementing state sanitary supervision, on the sanitary and epidemiological situation and the state of the human living environment, and from legal entities and individual entrepreneurs on thesafety and quality ofproducts, as well as work