Ensuring food security as one of the tasks of the North-West Interregional Administration of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance

The article analyzes the powers of the North-West Interregional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor to implement measures to prevent the entry into the consumer market and circulation of low-quality and dangerous food products.During the research, we studied the regulatory legal documents that define the requirements for the quality and safety of food products in the Russian Federation. An analysis of data from the federal state information system in the field of veterinary medicine on food products was conducted. The article examines the results of food product research conducted in the testing centers of Rosselkhoznadzor within the framework of federal state veterinary supervision and border supervision when importing controlled products from foreign countries.The data on the number of samples taken and the results of laboratory tests of samples of food products, feed and feed additives for veterinary safety for the period 2023-2024 for the subjects of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region were analyzed as part of safety monitoring.The information of Rosselkhoznadzor on the implementation of powers to eliminate violations of legislative requirements in the field of food safety is considered.