חוק חובת דיווח על מלאי מזון לבעלי חיים ומלאי חיטה לשם היערכות למחסור משמעותי, התשפ"ו-2026Duty to Report Animal Feed Stocks and Wheat Stocks in Preparation for Significant Shortage Law, 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law determines that holders of significant stocks of wheat grains for human consumption, dry animal feed, and certain oils specified in the First Schedule to the Law will be required to report monthly and annually to the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security regarding the quantities of stock in their possession and its location, in order to enable optimal preparedness for scenarios of significant shortage of such products and to ensure their supply during a crisis or prolonged emergency event. The Law also determines that if the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture (hereinafter – the Director General) is persuaded that there is a real concern of a significant shortage of such products, he may, with the approval of the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (hereinafter – the Minister), require such stock holders, if necessary for assessing the scope of the shortage or for dealing with the shortage, to submit such reports at additional times, to provide additional information regarding the products in their possession, and to submit reports regarding types of animal feed in their possession that could serve as an alternative to such products. In addition, the Law determines that the Minister may authorize inspectors who have the authority to require any person to identify themselves, to require information and documents, and to enter places in order to enforce the provisions of the Law, provided that they do not enter residential places except pursuant to a court order. To enforce the provisions of the Law, it is determined that the Director General may impose a financial sanction for violation of reporting obligations, in the amounts specified as follows: for an individual – 8,000 new shekels; for a corporation whose annual sales turnover in the year preceding the year in which the violation was committed was up to 100 million new shekels – 40,000 new shekels; for a larger corporation whose annual sales turnover in the year preceding the year in which the violation was committed exceeded 100 million new shekels – 80,000 new shekels; the Law also determines that the Director General may issue an administrative warning instead of a financial sanction under certain circumstances, to be determined by the Director General in procedures, with the approval of the Attorney General. The Law establishes a duty of confidentiality on those who receive information from stock holders, and also that the Director General will be required to delete the information no later than two years from the date of its receipt, so that such business information cannot be used except for the planning and management of emergency stock. The Law will enter into force at the end of four months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, but the Minister may postpone the said commencement date, by order with the approval of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, for additional periods not exceeding a cumulative total of one year.

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