About the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority The task of the Netherlands 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 Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is an independent agency in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and a delivery agency for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The three main tasks of the Netherlands 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 Economic Affairs. A significant part of its work involves liaising with other ministries. Maintaining international contacts is also of vital importance. Contact details Postal address Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) PO Box 43006 3540 AA Utrecht The Netherlands Address Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) Catharijnesingel 59 3511 GG Utrecht The Netherlands Phone +31 (0)88 223 33 33 E-mail info@nvwa.nl