Food Safety Organisations
The importance of food safety necessitated the formation of organizations in various countries to promote and regulate same. Below is a list of such regional and national bodies
This is a list of organizations and associated posts which are related to food safety, either as a primary interest or through statutory responsibility. National organizations are grouped by the UN geoscheme.
Africa
– Egyptian Food Safety Authority
Americas
- Argentina
- Minister of Economy
- Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and Food
- National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA) Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria
- Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and Food
- Minister of Economy
- Canada
- United States of America
Asia
- Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Food and Drug Authority
- Bangladesh
- Burma
- China
- Hong Kong SAR
- India
- Indonesia
- Nepal
- Philippines
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Ministry of Health (MOH)[8]
- Food Safety and Quality Division (FSQD)[9]
Europe
- Multinational
- Belgium
- Greece
- Germany
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung
- Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit
- Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Minister of Agriculture and Food
- Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Landbruks- og matdepartementet
- Norwegian Food Safety Authority Mattilsynet
- Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Landbruks- og matdepartementet
- Minister of Agriculture and Food
- Portugal
- Ministry of Economy
- Economic and Food Safety Authority Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica, ASAE
- Ministry of Economy
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Food Standards Agency
- British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard (Baines, R. (2010) Quality and Safety Standards in Food Supply Chains, Royal Agricultural University, UK)
- Food Standards Scotland
Oceania
- Multinational
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Minister for Food Safety
- Source=Wikipedia Nov 2 2021
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