Law No. 10.688 creating the Food Aid Programme against Hunger. Pays/Territoire Brésil Sous-division territoriale Mato Grosso Type du document Législation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Sécurité alimentaire Politique/planification Pauvreté Entité non-gouvernementale Aire géographique Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Amérique du Sud, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Résumé This Law, consisting of 5 articles, creates the Food Aid Programme against Hunger within the State of Mato Grosso. The purpose of this programme is to redistribute surplus food from the reuse of processed and unprocessed food leftovers, prepared whether by industrial kitchens, restaurants, supermarkets, wine-shops, fairs, popular markets and other similar establishments in order to be classified and later donated to non-profit organizations. In order to achieve the programme, partnerships, covenants and other similar instruments may be signed with non-governmental organizations, religious entities, cooperatives and associations that carry out voluntary work, as well as entities and bodies of other Federation Units, in particular the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger and the National Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.al.mt.gov.br