Application of Civil Law Mechanisms as One of the Perspective Directions of Compensation for Damage to Participants of Food Turnover

Abstract

We presented an analysis of regulatory documents governing the application of civil law mechanisms in ensuring the quality and safety of food products. An assessment of the property damage to the consumer was made when purchasing non-conforming products, including food fraud in the Russian Federation, the Urals Federal District and the Sverdlovsk Region for certain food groups and their compensation. It was found that property damage to the consumer significantly exceeds the amount of compensation of its moral damage according to the results of the assessment. We determined that the amount of property damage for all participants in the turnover of food products is formed from the costs arising from the circulation of hazardous products, including falsified ones, as well as during the seizure of defective products and in the framework of bringing to administrative responsibility in the form of fines and / or compensation for moral damage. Considering the amount of damage arising from the circulation of low-quality and dangerous food products, the application of civil law mechanisms in the form of compulsory insurance is a promising area, which makes it possible to provide social and economic guarantees for property protection of participants in the turnover.