Updated on 31/07/2015
Keywords : ANSES
Created on 1 July 2010, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) is an independent scientific body which performs its risk assessment, reference and research activities in the fields of food safety and animal and plant health. Its core activity is the assessment of health risks in order to enable the public authorities to make informed decisions and in so doing to help ensure the health and safety of of the population both in its working and consumer activities
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Updated on 15/04/2013
Keywords : ANSES
ANSES's role with regard to environmental health and safety mainly involves conducting scientific expert assessments of the risks linked to chemicals, micro-organisms and physical agents found in the water, air, soil, food and items or objects for everyday use.
Thanks to its wide scope of expertise, ANSES has a comprehensive view of the various forms of exposure to which people are subjected due to their lifestyles and consumption habits, which allows it to take into account specific situations causing over-exposure (pollution peaks, for example) as well as sensitivities in specific population groups or at specific periods of life (pregnancy, foetal development, infants, the elderly, etc.). A presentation of our missions.
Updated on 21/03/2019
Nutrition is the science that studiesintake of food, considered in relation to the beneficial or harmful impact on the body of allbody's dietary factors, nutritional status (e.g. overweight, deficiencies in certain nutrients, etc.) andneeds. Good nutrition – an adequate, well balanced diet combined with regular physical activity.exercise – is a cornerstone of good health.
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