Law No. 24.574 establishing the State Food Supply Policy (Peaa). Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Minas Gerais Document type Legislation Date 2023 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food security Public health Urban and peri-urban agriculture Human rights Access-to-information Education Food waste Food quality control/food safety 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 establishes the State Food Supply Policy (Peaa). State actions aimed at food supply will meet the standards of the State Food Supply Policy – Peaa, in accordance with Law No. 22.806 of 29 December 2017, which deals with the State Policy on Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security – Pesans. Its implementation will observe the following principles and guidelines: I – promotion of food and nutritional sovereignty and security, with an emphasis on the availability and accessibility of food; II – valorization of socio-biodiversity products, agroecology and traditional ways of production; III – participation and social control; IV – encouraging healthy eating habits; V – surveillance regarding the quality and safety of food, from production to consumption. Full text Portuguese Website www.almg.gov.br