The harmonization of food legislation helps ensure food safety with widely accepted standards established using a recognized global process that protects consumers’ rights and facilitates the movement of foods between countries, without arbitrary legal constraints or unjustifiable inequities.1
The harmonization of laws and regulations for food products is considered to be highly desirable, and the need has been recognized since the early 1900s.2Several international organizations are actively working on this goal, but the degree of harmonization still varies in different international jurisdictions.3