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<BR>Agency presentation<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES (1) ) conducts missions in the areas of surveillance, expert appraisal, research and reference in a wide range of fields including human health, animal health and well-being, and plant health. The Agency provides a cross-functional perspective on health issues and can identify, overall, the risks to which people are exposed through their lifestyles and consumption patterns, as well as through the characteristics of their environment, including in the workplace. <BR>Based on the principle of separation of assessment and risk management, it provides information to the competent authorities, responds to their requests for expert assessment and provides early warning should a health crisis occur. The Agency performs its missions in close cooperation with its European counterparts.<BR><BR>Why ANSES was created<BR><BR>ANSES is a public authority reporting to the Ministries of Health, Agriculture, the Environment, Labour and Consumer Affairs. <BR><BR>It was founded on 1st July 2010 following the merger of two French health agencies, the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) and the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (AFSSET). In combining their respective missions and resources, ANSES provides a cross-disciplinary approach to health issues affecting humans, animals and plants. <BR>In addition to optimising resources and skills, the merger has significantly increased the added value of French expertise, giving ANSES a global perspective of the various forms of exposure to which people are subjected at all ages and in all areas of life - at home, in the workplace, while travelling and during leisure time. With ANSES, France now has the biggest health and safety agency in Europe and the one with the widest scope.<BR><BR>Its fields of competence<BR><BR>ANSES is active in the fields of environmental and occupational health, food safety, animal health and well-being, and plant safety. Its main priority is to help protect the health and safety of the population, both in their working and consumer activities.<BR>Concerning human health, the Agency evaluates the nutritional and functional properties of foods as well as all the risks that individuals may be exposed to in the workplace, in the environment in general and through food. <BR>ANSES is also responsible for veterinary medicinal products and it evaluates applications for the marketing of pesticides and biocides, as well as chemicals within the framework of the European REACh regulations.<BR><BR>> The Agency's missions<BR><BR>Governance and expert appraisal<BR><BR>In order to make credible and effective recommendations for public health measures, ANSES mobilises multidisciplinary, collective scientific expertise while encouraging independent debate. This is done by organizing specialised scientific panels and drawing on the human and social sciences for its scientific expertise.<BR><BR>Its Board of Administration can call on several thematically-oriented committees made up of representatives of civil society. It also relies on a Scientific Board, which guarantees the quality and independence of its expertise, as well as on a Committee for ethical standards and prevention of conflicts of interest.<BR><BR>> Governing bodies<BR>> Expertise deontology and access to the Public Declarations of Interest of Agency experts <BR><BR>Requests<BR><BR>Risk assessment is the principal mission assigned to ANSES. The main steps in the process are:<BR>- the request; <BR>- the expert assessment by the working group(s) set up by the Expert Committee(s) assigned to the topic;<BR>- the presentation of the expert report signed by its rapporteurs;<BR>- the publication of the Agency's opinion and recommendations, signed by its Director General.<BR><BR>The Agency may, on its own initiative, issue requests on any matter relating to its areas of expertise. More often it receives requests from third parties, which may be one or more Ministries, another public institution, or a body represented on its Board.<BR><BR>ANSES can also receive requests from several types of officially approved associations: <BR>- consumer protection associations;<BR>- environmental protection associations;<BR>- associations active in the field of health quality and patient care;<BR>- associations of victims of occupational accidents or diseases represented on the Board of Directors of the Fund to compensate victims of asbestos.<BR><BR>Except when required in order to respect confidential information protected by law, including industrial and trade secrets, the Agency's opinions and recommendations are published on the ANSES website.<BR><BR>ANSES laboratories<BR><BR>The Agency has a network of 11 reference and research laboratories. Their missions include expertise, epidemiological surveillance, early warning and scientific and technical consultancy. They thus play a fundamental role in qualifying hazards by collecting data from the network of accredited research laboratories.<BR><BR>- Plant health laboratory (Angers, Montpellier, Clermont-Ferrand, Rennes, Nancy and La Réunion)<BR>- Dozulé laboratory for equine diseases<BR>- Fougères laboratory (veterinary medicinal products and disinfectants)<BR>- Lyon laboratory (bovine diseases, meat hygiene and resistance to plant production products)<BR>- Nancy laboratory for hydrology<BR>- Nancy laboratory for rabies and wildlife<BR>- Maisons-Alfort laboratory for animal health<BR>- Laboratory for food safety (Maisons-Alfort, Boulogne-sur-Mer)<BR>- Ploufragan/Plouzané laboratory (poultry, pig and fish farming) <BR>- Niort laboratory (goat diseases) <BR>- Sophia-Antipolis laboratory (ruminant diseases and bees)<BR><BR>> Presentation of the laboratories<BR><BR>Key figures<BR><BR>- 1,350 staff<BR>- 800 external experts solicited through its scientific panels<BR>- An annual budget of 130 million <BR>- More than 8,000 opinions issued since 1999<BR>- 250 scientific publications per year<BR>- 11 laboratories on 16 sites<BR> -80 national, European and international laboratory mandates <BR>- More than 100 doctorate and post-doctorate students<BR>- 5 million euros per year allotted to support research projects<BR><BR>Find out more<BR><BR>- Agency presentation leaflet<BR><BR>- ANSES Organisation chart<BR><BR>- Order establishing the Agency (in French): Ordonnance no 2010-18 du 7 janvier 2010 portant création d’une agence nationale chargée de la sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail<BR><BR><BR>(1) ANSES is pronounced "An’sess"<BR><BR><BR><BR>November 2012<BR>Home,Anses,News,Press room,Agenda,Our topics,Food,Animal health and nutrition,Environmental health,Occupational health,Plants,Opinions and publications,Last opinions and reports,Food opinions and reports,Animal health and nutrition opinions and reports,Environmental and occupational health opinions and reports,Plants opinions,Opinions and reports in English,Bulletins and periodicals,Other publications,Subscribe to Anses newsletter,Research and reference,Research program,Laboratories and reference activities, + ,Job opportunities,Public procurement contracts,Our websites,Partners,Extranet / ExpertNet,Kid's area,Legal notice,Contact, ,<BR>Agency presentation,Missions,Governance system,Agency organization,Expertise,Ethical framework ,Scientific panels and Commissions,-,Présentation et DPI,Procès verbaux des CES,Quality policy,Europe/international,Programme de travail,Activity reports,Registre des actes, avis et décisions de l'Anses ,<A HREF='PN8CI0.htm'>Anses</A>
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The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES (1) ) conducts missions in the areas of surveillance, expert appraisal, research and reference in a wide range of fields including human health, animal health and well-being, and plant health. The Agency provides a cross-functional perspective on health issues and can identify, overall, the risks to which people are exposed through their lifestyles and consumption patterns, as well as through the characteristics of their environment, including in the workplace. Based on the principle of separation of assessment and risk management, it provides information to the competent authorities, responds to their requests for expert assessment and provides early warning should a health crisis occur. The Agency performs its missions in close cooperation with its European counterparts.
Why ANSES was created
ANSES is a public authority reporting to the Ministries of Health, Agriculture, the Environment, Labour and Consumer Affairs.
It was founded on 1st July 2010 following the merger of two French health agencies, the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) and the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (AFSSET). In combining their respective missions and resources, ANSES provides a cross-disciplinary approach to health issues affecting humans, animals and plants. In addition to optimising resources and skills, the merger has significantly increased the added value of French expertise, giving ANSES a global perspective of the various forms of exposure to which people are subjected at all ages and in all areas of life - at home, in the workplace, while travelling and during leisure time. With ANSES, France now has the biggest health and safety agency in Europe and the one with the widest scope.
Its fields of competence ANSES is active in the fields of environmental and occupational health, food safety, animal health and well-being, and plant safety. Its main priority is to help protect the health and safety of the population, both in their working and consumer activities. Concerning human health, the Agency evaluates the nutritional and functional properties of foods as well as all the risks that individuals may be exposed to in the workplace, in the environment in general and through food. ANSES is also responsible for veterinary medicinal products and it evaluates applications for the marketing of pesticides and biocides, as well as chemicals within the framework of the European REACh regulations.
> The Agency's missions Governance and expert appraisal In order to make credible and effective recommendations for public health measures, ANSES mobilises multidisciplinary, collective scientific expertise while encouraging independent debate. This is done by organizing specialised scientific panels and drawing on the human and social sciences for its scientific expertise.
Its Board of Administration can call on several thematically-oriented committees made up of representatives of civil society. It also relies on a Scientific Board, which guarantees the quality and independence of its expertise, as well as on a Committee for ethical standards and prevention of conflicts of interest. > Governing bodies > Expertise deontology and access to the Public Declarations of Interest of Agency experts Requests Risk assessment is the principal mission assigned to ANSES. The main steps in the process are: - the request; - the expert assessment by the working group(s) set up by the Expert Committee(s) assigned to the topic; - the presentation of the expert report signed by its rapporteurs; - the publication of the Agency's opinion and recommendations, signed by its Director General.
The Agency may, on its own initiative, issue requests on any matter relating to its areas of expertise. More often it receives requests from third parties, which may be one or more Ministries, another public institution, or a body represented on its Board.
ANSES can also receive requests from several types of officially approved associations: - consumer protection associations; - environmental protection associations; - associations active in the field of health quality and patient care; - associations of victims of occupational accidents or diseases represented on the Board of Directors of the Fund to compensate victims of asbestos.
Except when required in order to respect confidential information protected by law, including industrial and trade secrets, the Agency's opinions and recommendations are published on the ANSES website. ANSES laboratories
The Agency has a network of 11 reference and research laboratories. Their missions include expertise, epidemiological surveillance, early warning and scientific and technical consultancy. They thus play a fundamental role in qualifying hazards by collecting data from the network of accredited research laboratories. - Plant health laboratory (Angers, Montpellier, Clermont-Ferrand, Rennes, Nancy and La Réunion) - Dozulé laboratory for equine diseases - Fougères laboratory (veterinary medicinal products and disinfectants) - Lyon laboratory (bovine diseases, meat hygiene and resistance to plant production products) - Nancy laboratory for hydrology - Nancy laboratory for rabies and wildlife - Maisons-Alfort laboratory for animal health - Laboratory for food safety (Maisons-Alfort, Boulogne-sur-Mer) - Ploufragan/Plouzané laboratory (poultry, pig and fish farming) - Niort laboratory (goat diseases) - Sophia-Antipolis laboratory (ruminant diseases and bees)
- 1,350 staff - 800 external experts solicited through its scientific panels - An annual budget of 130 million - More than 8,000 opinions issued since 1999 - 250 scientific publications per year - 11 laboratories on 16 sites -80 national, European and international laboratory mandates - More than 100 doctorate and post-doctorate students - 5 million euros per year allotted to support research projects Find out more - Agency presentation leaflet
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