The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), until 2014 known as the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO), is a directorate-general of the European Commission. The DG is responsible for the monitoring and implementation of European Union policies and laws on health and food safety. It is headed by European Commissioner for Health and Food SafetyStella Kyriakides and Director-General Sandra Gallina.[1]
The directorate-general is made up of eight directorates (as of October 2022):[2]
Directorate A: One Health
Directorate B: Public Health, Cancer and Health Security
Directorate C: Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation
Directorate D: Medical Products and Innovation
Directorate E: Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation
Directorate F: Health and Food Audits and Analysis
Directorate G: Crisis Preparedness in Food, Animals and Plants
Directorate R: Policy and Administrative Support
Directorates A, C, D, E, G and R are based in Brussels, Directorate B is based in Luxembourg, and Directorate F in Grange, County Meath, Ireland. While Directorates B, C and D belong to the health pillar and E, F and G to the food safety pillar, A and R are horizontal Directorates working across both pillars.
the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SHEER)
These scientific committees provide the European Commission with the scientific advice on non-food products that it needs when preparing policy and proposals relating to consumer safety, public health and the environment. The committees also draw the commission's attention to the new or emerging problems which may pose an actual or potential threat.[3]
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