Ministerial Decree No. 296 validating Regulation on monitoring of the state of food security.

This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of carrying out monitoring related to internal food resources. Criteria of ensuring food security shall be: (a) availability of foodstuffs; (b) economic accessibility to foodstuffs; and (c) ensuring food safety. The purpose of monitoring shall be timely and immediate decision-making related to ensuring availability of foodstuffs. Monitoring shall be gradual and it shall include: (a) data collection; (b) data processing; and (c) data analysis. Monitoring shall be related to: (a) foodstuffs production output, distribution and availability of food reserves; (b) formation, availability and management of state food reserves; and (c) prices for socially important foodstuffs.