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Law No. 10.152 creating the State System for Food and Nutritional Security within the State of Maranhão.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Maranhão
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food security Food quality control/food safety Policy/planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Right to food Institution Human rights
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 30 articles divided into four Chapters, creates the State System for Food and Nutritional Security within the State of Maranhão (SISAN-MA). SISAN-MA aims to formulate and implement food and nutrition security policies and plans, stimulate the integration of efforts between government and civil society, as well as to promote the follow-up, monitoring and evaluation of food and nutritional security in the State. The achievement of the Human Right to Adequate Food and the food and nutritional security of the population will be achieved through the SISAN-MA, integrated by the State of Maranhão, Municipalities that comprise it and by private, profit or not-for-profit institutions aimed at food and nutrition security. The State Council for Food and Nutrition Security of Maranhão (CONSEA-MA), a permanent, collegiate, deliberative body, advising the State Governor and linked to the State Secretariat for Social Development and Family Farming (SEDES) proposes and deliberates on the programmes, projects, actions and policies of Food and Nutrition Security.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
legislacao.al.ma.gov.br