This Law establishes the legal basis for state policy in the field of food security and regulates measures aimed at ensuring the availability and accessibility of food products and food raw materials. It establishes the objectives and tasks of food security, including the prevention of food crises, the maintenance of domestic production of food products and food raw materials, and the creation of conditions for the production and circulation of safe and quality food products. The Law further provides for measures relating to agricultural, livestock and fishery production, processing, storage, transportation, scientific research, technological development, external trade, and sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary control. The document defines the powers of the Cabinet of Ministers, authorized state bodies and local executive authorities in the field of food security and provides for the participation of public associations in the implementation of state policy. It regulates the adoption of state programs, monitoring and forecasting activities, management of the state food reserve, control of the safety and quality of food products and food raw materials, and the collection and analysis of information relating to food security. The Law establishes the balance of necessary and actual food production as the basis for assessing food security and planning food production. It regulates measures applicable in the event of a food crisis or the threat thereof and provides for the establishment and use of a state food reserve composed of reserve funds and stocks of food products and food raw materials. The Law also contains provisions on state control of the food market, information and monitoring systems, dispute settlement, liability for violations of the legislation, and international cooperation.
تركمانستان · 2016-11-23