The Prospects of Increasing the Responsibility of Domestic Producers of the Gluten-Free Foods Using the European Licensing System (TM «Perekreslenyi Kolosok»)

Abstract

The article is aimed at researching prospects of increasing the level of responsibility of domestic producers of the gluten-free food products using the European Licensing System (TM «Perekreslenyi Kolosok»). The current tendencies have been researched and the main problems of development of the market of the gluten-free food products, including in Ukraine, have been formulated. Attention is focused on the acutest problem of the gluten-free foods market – violation of safety rules and quality of products manufactured by domestic producers, and negative impact on the condition of consumers’ health in terms of the gluten-related disorders. The possibility of introduction in Ukraine of the European Licensing System (ELS) with the purpose of official adoption of the marking of the TM «Perekreslenyi Kolosok» and conformity with European standards of the Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS) is considered, which guarantee the quality and safety of the gluten-free food products. Prospects for further researches in this direction is development of theoretic-methodical bases and practical instruments on distribution of use of the TM «Perekreslenyi Kolosok» and the European System of Licensing in Ukraine, that should allow patients to keep to the gluten-free diet in a qualitative and safe way.

Keywords

• producers’ responsibility
• gluten-free food products
• gluten-free foods
• gluten-free
• «Perecherknutiy Kolosok»
• European Licensing System
• coeliac society