Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety

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Directorate-General of the European Commission European Union body

The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety is the European Commission department responsible for EU policy on public health, food safety, and related consumer protection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Directorate-General of the European Commission ⓘ
European Union body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction European Union ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ⓘ
European Food Safety Authority ⓘ
national food safety authorities of EU Member States ⓘ
national health authorities of EU Member States ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
employer civil servants of the European Commission ⓘ
follows Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
headquartersLocation Belgium ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
oversees EU systems for rapid alert on food and feed ⓘ
implementation of EU food safety legislation ⓘ
implementation of EU public health legislation ⓘ
parentOrganization European Commission Secretariat-General structure ⓘ
surface form: European Commission Secretariat-General
partOf European Commission ⓘ
policyArea animal health ⓘ
consumer protection ⓘ
cross-border health threats ⓘ
food safety ⓘ
nutrition ⓘ
pharmaceuticals ⓘ
plant health ⓘ
public health ⓘ
tobacco control ⓘ
veterinary medicines ⓘ
responsibleFor animal health policy in the European Union ⓘ
consumer protection related to food and health in the European Union ⓘ
cross-border health threats preparedness in the European Union ⓘ
food and feed safety controls in the European Union ⓘ
food safety policy in the European Union ⓘ
nutrition and diet-related policies in the European Union ⓘ
pharmaceuticals and medical products regulation at EU level ⓘ
plant health policy in the European Union ⓘ
public health policy in the European Union ⓘ
tobacco control policy in the European Union ⓘ
veterinary policy in the European Union ⓘ
sector food regulation ⓘ
health policy ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
shortName DG SANTE ⓘ
subjectTo European Union legal order ⓘ
surface form: European Union law
website https://health.ec.europa.eu ⓘ

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Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development → cooperatesWith → Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety ⓘ
European Commission → hasPart → Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety ⓘ