This paper seeks to highlight the role of food safety in food trade. International law and the food industry in R. Moldova provides for all units involved in the whole food chain from primary producers to the sale of food (production, transport, storage and serving of food trade), the principles of a system of food safety management based on risk assessment and prevention. The quality of the food industry does not only refer to the finished product, but is also hygienic processes. In this context, the quality is and always will be an important competitive factor.