French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA)
Afssa is a public independent organism contributing through monitoring, alert, research and research instigation to the protection and improvement of public health, animal health and welfare, vegetal and environmental health.
Address
French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA)
27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc
94701 MAISONS-ALFORT Cedex
Phone: +33 1 49 77 13 50
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Animal health
- animal welfare
- human nutrition and health, originating in food (including water-related risks), of animal origin and those relating to the use of agronomic inputs
- plant-life health, relating to the use of agronomic inputs
- the environment (and ecosystems) where they are or may be related to the use of agronomic inputs or veterinary medicinal products
Coordinated projects
- POULTRYFLORGUT Control of the intestinal flora in poultry for ensuring the products safety for human consumers Details of POULTRYFLORGUT Control of the intestinal flora in poultry for ensuring the products safety for human consumers
Involved in research projects:
- Development and validation of a Trichinella Western Blot for for the certification of pigs from fattening farms Details of Development and validation of a Trichinella Western Blot for for the certification of pigs from fattening farms
- Development of harmonised schemes for monitoring and reporting of Echinococcus, Trichinella, Cysticercus and Sarcocystis in animals and foodstuffs in the EU (EFSA/Zoonoses/2007/01) Details of Development of harmonised schemes for monitoring and reporting of Echinococcus, Trichinella, Cysticercus and Sarcocystis in animals and foodstuffs in the EU (EFSA/Zoonoses/2007/01)
- Harmonisation of methods for the monitoring of VTEC and subtyping of stx2 genes Details of Harmonisation of methods for the monitoring of VTEC and subtyping of stx2 genes
- Improve tools and strategies for the prevention and control of classical swine fever (CSFV_GoDIVA) Details of Improve tools and strategies for the prevention and control of classical swine fever (CSFV_GoDIVA)
- Integrated control of neglected zoonoses: improving human health and animal production through scientific innovation and public engagement (ICONZ) Details of Integrated control of neglected zoonoses: improving human health and animal production through scientific innovation and public engagement (ICONZ)
- Molecular Risk Assessment of Shiga Toxin producing E. coli (STEC) from food and of attaching and effacing E. coli (AEEC) in regard to their human virulence and as a reservoir of new emerging enterohaemorrhagic E. coli types. Details of Molecular Risk Assessment of Shiga Toxin producing E. coli (STEC) from food and of attaching and effacing E. coli (AEEC) in regard to their human virulence and as a reservoir of new emerging enterohaemorrhagic E. coli types.
- Selection and improving of fit-for-purpose sampling procedures for specific foods and risks (BASELINE) Details of Selection and improving of fit-for-purpose sampling procedures for specific foods and risks (BASELINE)
Coordinated collaborative projects:
- MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses Details of MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses
Work package leader of collaborative projects:
- MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses Details of MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses
- MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses Details of MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses
- MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses Details of MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses
- MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses Details of MED-VET-NET Network for prevention and control of zoonoses