Law for Food Supply Security Comes to the National Council

The deadline for reviewing the Food Supply Security Act ended at the end of September. In the future, a regulation will allow stockpiling. In addition, the law provides for early information measures in the event of a crisis.

Food Supply Security Act Creates Legal Basis for Times of Crisis

With the planned law, lessons are being drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and global supply chain issues of recent years, according to the ministerial presentation. It is planned to have "a strategic public stockpiling or an obligation for private market participants to stockpile." There has been no legal basis for creating a state reserve by regulation, such as a grain reserve for times of crisis, the ministry explained in August before the review.

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