Law No. 183 on food security.

This Law establishes the main directions for ensuring food security that is an integral part of the national security. The objective of food security shall be to grant the population access to the required amount of foodstuffs corresponding to minimum rates of consumption of foodstuffs based upon availability, accessibility and safety thereof. Food security shall be ensured through: (a) food quality control in accordance with technical requirements, regulations and standards; (b) distribution of foodstuffs among socially vulnerable strata of the population in case of the outbreak of food crisis; (c) validation of the list of basic foodstuffs; (d) state control and supervision over manufacturing, storage and trade of foodstuffs in accordance with the national legislation; and (e) availability of state food reserves.