Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
The task of the Netherlands 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 Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is an independent agency in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation 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, Nature and Food Quality. A significant part of its work involves liaising with other ministries. Maintaining international contacts is also of vital importance.
Address
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
Catharijnesingel 59
NL-3511 GG Utrecht
Phone: +31 88 223 33 33
Fax: +31 88 223 33 34
email: info(@)vwa.nl
Activities:
- Research
Involved in research projects:
- Feeding of contaminated feed with melamine to laying hens to determine the carry over rate of melamine in eggs. Details of Feeding of contaminated feed with melamine to laying hens to determine the carry over rate of melamine in eggs.