Food law in the Czech Republic and abroad

80 12. Summary My master's degree thesis discusses the food law of the Czech Republic and comparatives with the food law of Ireland. I have chosen this topic, because, I think, that this topic is very interesting and very important for all our life. Everyone has to eat and drink anything every day, but nobody wants to be taken ill by some illness from contaminated food, and therefore the main purpose of food law is to ensure food safety and protect health of consumers. Firstly this thesis is concerned with history of food law in the Czech Republic and The European Union. History of Czech food law began in the early 20the century. This period was very successful for food law. Next chapter deals with basic principles of European food law and the most important documents and regulations. At the present, The European Union has got a main role in the European food law and EU consolidates this law within EU and it wants to ensure food safety, animal health, animal welfare and plant health. The main principle of european food safety is "from the farm to the fork". It means, that each step (subject or object) of food web is very important for final product and food safety. One of the subchapters of chapter describes international organizations (e.g. Codex Alimentarius), which deal with food law within international..