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About the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority

The task of the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is to protect human and animal health. It monitors food and consumer products to safeguard public health and animal health and welfare. The Authority controls the whole production chain, from raw materials and processing aids to end products and consumption.

The Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is an independent agency in the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and a delivery agency for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

The three main tasks of the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority are: supervision, risk assessment and risk communication. Other important activities are incident and crisis management and policy advice for the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. A significant part of its work involves liaising with other ministries. Maintaining international contacts is also of vital importance.

More information:

• History
• Innovative and more effective 2007 – 2011
• Vision for the future 2004 – 2007
• Multi-annual Programme Office for Risk Assessment 2007 - 2011
• Annual plan 2008
• Overview advices planned by the Office for Risk Assessment

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