COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY – ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Ben Wit
Microbiologist
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA)
PO Box 202
7200 AE Zutphen
The Netherlands
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA)
PO Box 202
7200 AE Zutphen
The Netherlands
0031 575 588103
0031 575 588200 (fax)
Competences
The task of the 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 Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is an independent agency in the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and a delivery agency for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The three main tasks of the 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.