Food Safeguard Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1965 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 44, 28 august 1990, pp. 1802-1807. Long titleAct on the safeguard of supply with food and agricultural products and products of forestry and timber. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Forestry Keyword Agricultural commodities Agricultural development Transport/storage Food security Institution Hazards Timber Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract Article 1 of the afore-mentioned Act establishes that in order to ensure the supply of food and agricultural products, as well as timber in a situation of crisis, Ordinances on the following aspects shall be issued: 1) cultivation of plants and keeping of animals; 2) marking and labelling of products; 3) use of agricultural machines and others; 4) quality of products; 5) running of food industries. The text – consisting of 28 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: definition of terms of products, authorization for accounting, reporting and disclosure requirements, stock and supply, ordinances, enactment of the present Act on behalf of the Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food, information, compensation and competent authorities. Full text German Website www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Implemented by Food Industry Registration Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2006 Keyword: Farming, Agricultural commodities, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Thüringen Ordinance on competences under the Food Safeguard Act and Food Security Act. Legislation | Germany | 1994 Keyword: Food security, Agricultural commodities, Institution, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Nutrition Management Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 1979 (2015) Keyword: Agricultural development, Food quality control/food safety, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Processing/handling, Consumer protection, Food security, Nutrition, Animal feed/feedstuffs Source: FAO, FAOLEX Thüringen Ordinance on competences in the sphere of agriculture, food and forestry. Legislation | Germany | 2004 (2011) Keyword: Agricultural development, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Food security, Agricultural commodities, Institution, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Food Industry Registration Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2006 (2015) Keyword: Farming, Agricultural commodities, Agricultural development, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX