Ensuring the functioning of food products and fraudulent acts committed on food was one of the objectives of regulation in the area of food quality and safety protection. Ensuring an acceptable level of food quality and safety is necessary to provide protection for consumers and to enhance economic development through the facilitation of fair practices in the food trade. The main objective of the study is to assess the food law and regulation system in Ethiopia. A facility-based cross-sectional study supplemented with a qualitative method was conducted in different institutions like the Ethiopian Food and drug administration, Ethiopian Service of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade, Addis Ababa Kera Abattoir and FAFA food complex in Addis Ababa from May 20 to July 20, 2023. A total of 94 questionnaires were distributed to experts in different stakeholder institutions. The qualitative study involved 10 key informants from different institutions, including directors and team leaders of the institutions and departments. A review of the current Ethiopian food laws and regulations and a comparison with the US and Canadian food laws were done. The quantitative data were entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, Version 26.0. Armonk, NY) and analyzed using descriptive statistics. A total of 81 questionnaires were returned and the rest 13 questionnaires were not properly filled and only < 25% of the questions were filled. Only one-third of the respondents (27, 33.3%) report the timely update of the Ethiopian food law, the good documentation of the Ethiopian food law (16, 19.8%), and being research-based (25, 30.9%). Having ages between 30 and 40 years and ages greater than 40 years have 8.79 (AOR = 8.79, 95% CI: 1.05-73.56) and 32.27 (AOR = 32.27, 95% CI: 1.27-820.16) times more likely to have a good perception towards the implementation of current Ethiopian food law and regulations, respectively. Lack of regular updates and documentation issues was reported with Ethiopian food law and legislation. Ethiopia's food law and regulations did not encourage foreign trade. In Ethiopia there is an absence of adequate laws that spastically treats street food and vendors based on their specific nature, they are produced and sold under unsanitary and unhygienic condition. The government should give due emphasis on maintaining food quality and safety and a central food agency with the mandate to integrate, collaborate, and cooperate with different regulatory bodies should be established. Keywords: perception, international standards, food law and Regulations, Food safety and quality