Quality of agri-food market products: management challenges and practices

Abstract

The problems of providing the population with quality products are relevant in the economy, as there is an enormous increase in interest in quality throughout the world, including in envi-ronmentally friendly agricultural products. The article discusses the issues of food quality, the state and trends in the market of falsification and surrogate. The article highlights methods of determining the level of quality, defines the list of differentiated evaluation indicators, describes the mechanism for regulating the quality of products. Methodological developments can be used in improving the mechanisms of agricultural product quality management. Operational quality management of agricultural products (production) should include operational methods and activities used to meet quality requirements. At present, new elements and aspects are included in the concept of quality management, so integration and cooperation of different actors of production and sale of agricultural products, as well as state structures are necessary.