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The paper analyses the adopted legislation of the Republic of Serbia in the area of food safety and its alignment with acquis communautaire. The first part of the paper reviews the European Union legislation relating to the food safety. The second part is dedicated to the legislation of the Republic of Serbia and the identification of its imperfections, including proposals for their overcoming. The author points out that the main objective of the EU food safety policy is the protection of the consumer health and interests. To achieve this aim, the „from the farm to the fork“ strategy has been developed requiring a high level of food and food ingredient safety at all stages of food production, processing and distribution. This approach involves both the foods produced within the European Union and those imported from the third countries. The author concludes that the Republic of Serbia, as a candidate for the membership in the European Union, is obliged to align its legislation in this area to ensure the competitiveness of its food industry in the internal market of the European Union and proposes specific steps that need to be taken in this direction