Definition
Nutritional biscuit designed for mock and real emergency food relief
operations (contains butter, sugar and flour, pre-cooked and compacted
into biscuit form). Can be eaten dry (as a biscuit) or in the form
of porridge made by crushing SOS:OK into drinking water, milk, tea
or coffee.
Distribution
Distribute either in mock emergency training operations (food relief,
anti-terror exercises) to test readiness for emergency food relief
operation or in response to real crises when food must be distributed
for immediate survival needs. Can be used by both collective structures
(art galleries, museums, temporary feeding centres and community
organisations) or by families and individuals. Developed for all
situations of food scarcity, real and imagined.
Instructions for use
Use as biscuit: Targeted distribution to emergency exercise volunteers
or general distribution to displaced populations in humanitarian
crisis. Dry ration for children in feeding centres, survival ration
in case of total scarcity.
Should be eaten slowly, well chewed.
Use as porridge: Crush the biscuits into boiled drinking water or
milk, cold or luke-warm and mix well. Use 200 ml of liquid for 2
biscuits
Article to be justified
Reserved for simulated food relief operations or real emergency
situations.
Note
"SOS:OK" Emergency Biscuit should not be used as a replacement
for customary daily food, or in long-term feeding programmes if
ordinary customary food is available.
