Attitudes of Serbian food producers with quality and safety control systems towards business environment

The implementation of quality and safety control systems, e.g. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), is becoming compulsory for all companies whose aim is to export products to world market and to the countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Food safety is one of the basic requirements for the placement of products into the EU1 market. Moreover, domestic consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of food safety and quality.Implementation of the new rules means companies will be faced with new challenges. From the companies’ perspectives the basic idea is that the state creates a competitive environment and clear rules for the business operation. There is a lack of research on the attitudes of food producers towards business environment in the Republic of Serbia. Therefore this paper presents partial results of research, the objective of which was to determine attitudes of producer companies regarding state regulations and the business climate. The research was conducted in the framework of the project TR31034 financed by the Serbian Ministry of Education and ScienceThe implementation of quality and safety control systems, e.g. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), is becoming compulsory for all companies whose aim is to export products to world market and to the countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Food safety is one of the basic requirements for the placement of products into the EU1 market. Moreover, domestic consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of food safety and quality.Implementation of the new rules means companies will be faced with new challenges. From the companies’ perspectives the basic idea is that the state creates a competitive environment and clear rules for the business operation. There is a lack of research on the attitudes of food producers towards business environment in the Republic of Serbia. Therefore this paper presents partial results of research, the objective of which was to determine attitudes of producer companies regarding state regulations and the business climate. The research was conducted in the framework of the project TR31034 financed by the Serbian Ministry of Education and ScienceC