ANSES has a network of nine reference and research laboratories located throughout France, close to industry. These laboratories operate in three main areas: animal health and welfare, food safety (chemical and microbiological) and plant health. They are internationally recognised in their respective fields of expertise: epidemiology, microbiology and antimicrobial resistance, toxins and physico-chemical contaminants. Thanks to their work in providing expertise, epidemiological monitoring, alerts and scientific and technical assistance, they play a vital role in understanding various threats and in collecting data from the network of accredited laboratories.
The Laboratory for Animal Health is located in Maisons-Alfort on the campus of the Alfort National Veterinary School (ENVA), from which it originated. Founded in 1901, it was the world's first laboratory designed to control infectious and contagious animal diseases. ...
The Plant Health Laboratory has 80 staff members on six specialised sites: Angers, Montpellier, Nancy, Rennes, Saint-Pierre (Réunion), and Clermont-Ferrand. The latter also serves as a quarantine site for imported plants. The administrative headquarters are located in Angers, within a ...
The Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory specialises in the health of poultry, rabbits, pigs, ruminants and farmed fish. It contributes to improving animal welfare and the quality of food of animal origin, and to the study of working conditions in livestock farming. The ...
The Sophia-Antipolis Laboratory specialises in the study of diseases of ruminants and bees. It employs nearly thirty people and its research focuses primarily on Q fever, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), ruminant pestiviruses, and the major diseases and poisoning phenomena affecting ...
The Food Safety Laboratory is located in Maisons-Alfort, with a second site in Boulogne-sur-Mer. It is specialised in the biological and chemical hazards which have an effect on food safety and quality.
In its area of expertise it is involved in ...
Through multiple collaborations within national epidemiological surveillance networks and field studies, the laboratory contributes to national knowledge of the health status of wildlife. As wildlife may act as reservoirs of zoonoses or diseases that are transmissible to domestic animals, monitoring ...
The Nancy Laboratory for Hydrology contributes to ensuring the health quality of water for human consumption, by carrying out missions on a French national scale. It provides scientific and technical support to public policymakers on behalf of the French Directorate ...