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.

The Federal Government has therefore adopted the following legal basis

Act on Securing the Basic Food Supply in a Supply Crisis and Measures to Prepare for a Supply Crisis.

This is intended to ensure a basic supply of food for the population in the event 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.