“Food Security”: Problems of Legal Institutionalization

The article reveals the content of the category ‘food security’. It is concluded that the allocation of this category in law is due to the goals of the socio-economic development of the country, outlined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and relate to the creation of conditions for a decent life and activity of citizens. The legal institutionalization of ‘food security’ is carried out through the process of ensuring it, and the corresponding norms of various branches of law constitute a complex intersectoral legal institution. The main risks in the field of ensuring food security are analyzed, it is noted that today they are not related to food shortages, of which there is often an oversupply, but relate to improving the quality of food products, including their accessibility to the poor. It is also noted that establishing the export of agricultural products produced in excess of those required for consumption by the Russian population is necessary to strengthen Russia’s agrarian legal personality in the international arena.