The agricultural and food products adulteration in the eyes of the legal regulations and activities of the offi cial food control authorities in Poland

The aim of the research was to present legal regulations concerning adulteration on the market of agricultural and food products, and the effects of actions taken by IJHARS in this regard. The study has covered the Polish and EU legal regulations concerning the issues of irregularities and of the liability of entrepreneurs on the foodstuffs market. This goal has been achieved by analysing secondary data, i.e. legal acts and the available results of the inspections conducted in 2009–2017 by the official food control authorities. The administrative decisions issued by IJHARS pursuant to Article 29 of the Act on Merchantable Quality of Agricultural and Food Products, concerning the adulteration of agricultural and food products, which are published on the Inspection’s website, have been analysed in particular detail. The results of the control activities indicate that further control activities are justified, in particular with regard to food labelling.</jats:p