The Food Agency’s main mission is to ensure that the food produced and sold in Sweden is safe and reliable, but lately the authority has been given another task on its table: to prepare Sweden for a possible crisis situation.
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Sweden equals “if the crisis or war comes”
Last fall, the Swedish Agency for Social Protection and Preparedness (MSB) sent out a new and updated version of the brochure “If the crisis or war is coming”. The reason was the escalated security situation in the outside world.
In the new brochure there are new advice on, among other things, dealing with anxiety, stopping a bleeding and how to talk to children about crisis and war.
Other socially beneficial authorities also set up different interviews on how to prepare. Such an authority was the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, which made recommendations on how much cash one should have at home in case the digital system would be eliminated.
– If you have too much money at home and something happens in your house, your insurance will not cover it. Without just a lot of money, about what you do with the necessary expenses for you and your family in a week, have Moa Langemark at Finansinspektionen said in an interview with SVT.
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The National Food Agency: Bunker water – and keep it fresh
Now the tour has come to the National Food Agency, which on Facebook shares a call to the Swedish people.
“Everyone should have drinking water in a can at home,” the authority writes.
“In a crisis situation there may be a shortage of water, therefore you need to make sure you always have extra drinking water. If you keep the water properly it will stay fresh for a long time, often several months.”, They continue but point out that it cannot be said Exactly how long water can be stored in a can.
The three tips that the National Food Agency shares how water should be stored are as follows:
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