The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) monitors animal and plant health, animal welfare, and the safety of food and consumer products, as well as enforcing nature legislation. The NVWA is an independent agency in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature and a delivery agency for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
The three main tasks of the Netherlands 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, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. A significant part of its work involves liaising with other ministries. Maintaining international contacts is also of vital importance.
Role in NEM-EMERGE:
- Main contribution to WP4
- NVWA is also contributing to WP1, WP6
