Eating habits, both good and bad, are acquired early in life and have an influence on health. From nursery school through high school, two out of every three children on average - over 7 million French children - eat at the school cafeteria at...
Fish has valuable nutritional qualities that make it an excellent choice for meals for the whole family. However, fish may also be contaminated by environmental pollutants such as dioxins, PCBs and methylmercury, environmental contaminants that...
Technologies which use radio frequency waves - Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wimax, mobile telephones, etc. - have seen rapid growth over the last 20 years. Due to this, the sources of radio frequency electromagnetic fields have become abundant in our...
As part of its missions relating to the assessment and management of the risks of veterinary medicinal products, ANSES collects fees. The French Agency for Veterinary Medicinal Products (ANMV), part of ANSES, is the competent authority for...
During its life cycle, food may come into contact with containers (pots, packaging, tanks), tools, utensils and surfaces used during the preparation and/or storage of foodstuffs. The constituent materials of these articles are highly...
Storing foods at cold temperatures slows the growth of microorganisms, thereby limiting food poisoning while preserving food's nutritional qualities and good taste. See all the Agency’s recommendations in this area.
Food supplements are “foodstuffs whose goal is to round off the normal diet and which constitute a concentrated source of nutrients or other substances having a nutritional or physiological effect”. Unlike medicinal products, they do not...
To conduct its risk assessments, it is essential that ANSES be able to base its expertise and recommendations on as much data as possible, including field data (data from vigilance and surveillance schemes). For this, ANSES has developed tools...
In November 2003, the French Ministries of Health, Agriculture, Consumer Affairs and Ecology created the French Observatory for Pesticide Residues (ORP). This observatory aims to collect, analyse and exploit information on the presence of...
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are defined as organisms or microorganisms whose genetic makeup has been transformed in a way that does not involve natural recombination or multiplication. They are subject to EU-level regulation and are...
Every summer for more than 30 years, massive quantities of green algae have been washing up on parts of the French coastline. Once washed up on beaches, these algae deposits decompose and produce large quantities of gases, especially hydrogen...
The role of food in the increased risk of certain diseases, such as cancer, obesity or cardiovascular disorders, and in their prevention, has now been established scientifically. To improve prevention of these diseases and the general health of...
