Royal Decree No.62/80 establishing the Public Authority for Stores and Food Reserve.

This Decree, consisting of 13 articles, aims at establishing the Public Authority for Stores and Food Reserve in Oman with the following objectives and specifications: (i) management and presentation of the facilities and warehouses, their annexes for commercial storage and the storage of basic food commodities; (ii) setting up the necessary storage warehouses and their related facilities, installations and basic equipment to conform with modern storage styles; (iii) to provide the required quantities of the basic food commodities and to secure their storage in the Sultanate; (iv) to follow the safe principles in storage operations to prevent damage and deterioration of the stored food materials level; (v) to set a system for the movement of the stored food commodities in the Sultanate, in coordination with private sector for keeping the stock in a good condition and its continual replenishment in order not to drop below its established minimum level; (vi) to coordinate with the private sector for the preparation of a plan for the distribution of the reserve stock to the consumers in cases of emergency, and to compensate the deficit whenever it is required; and (vii) preparation of studies about the minimum levels of the food reserve to be always available in the government stores.
The Board of Directors is the policy-making authority, competent also to establish the temporary and permanent committees.