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Regional Law No. 95-ZKO “On food security”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kursk
Document type
Legislation
Date
2009 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food security Food quality control/food safety Nutrition Right to food Processing/handling Internal trade Basic legislation Human rights
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law determines the main directions of activity of state bodies for ensuring food security and regulates relations in the sphere of provision of the population with safe foodstuffs. The basic tasks in the sphere of food security shall be: (a) economic accessibility of foodstuffs; (b) raising food production and wholesale and retail trade of foodstuffs in line with recommended rates of consumption of foodstuffs; (c) achievement and keeping food independence of the region; (d) protection of the national producers in the sphere of agro-industrial production; and (e) coordination of activity of state bodies in the sphere of ensuring food quality control and food safety.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.zakonprost.ru