INTERNATIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS AS THE TOOL FOR INCREASING THE COUNTRY'S COMPETITIVENESS

Competitiveness of domestic food producers on international markets is mostly determined by its safety. Since 2001 the enterprises and companies (mostly in agribusiness) in the Republic of Kazakhstan have enhanced their activity in the sphere of development and implementation of the modern quality systems. In order to prevent the potential problems it is necessary to enhance the international cooperation and apply of the best world practices in food safety production's technologies. Particularly, it is necessary to improve educational level of agricultural producers on the national and international agricultural production standards for the management system of food safety.