In Germany, food is generally supplied to the population via the free market. However, cases are conceivable in which the supply is no longer possible in this way. It is therefore the task of state emergency food provision to ensure the basic supply of food to the population by means of sovereign measures in the event of defense and tension as well as in the event of a non-military supply crisis. To this end, all necessary precautions must already be taken today to ensure an adequate supply.

This is intended to ensure a basic supply of food to the population in the event of a state of defense and tension as well as in the event of a non-military supply crisis. A non-military supply crisis can occur as a result of a natural disaster, a particularly serious accident, an act of sabotage, an economic crisis or another comparable event.