Presentation of ANSES
French Agency for Food, Environmental and
Occupational Health & Safety
Role and activities
20 november 2015
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• ANSES was created on 1st of July 2010
under the 2009 law “Hôpital Patients Santé
et Territoires”
• Through merging the agency in charge of
food safety (AFSSA) with the agency in
charge of occupational and environmental
health (AFSSET)
• ANSES reports to five ministries (state goals
and performance contract)
Creation and origins
Ministry for
consumer
affairs
Ministry for ecology
and sustainable
development
Ministry for
agricultureMinistry for
health
Ministry for
labour
&
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Parliament
National
plans
Conduct public
health monitoring
missions
Assess nutritional and
health risks and benefits
Recommend public health
measures
Conduct, coordinate and
initiate research projects
Conduct laboratory
reference missions
Provide training and
information and
contribute to public
debate
Authorise marketing of veterinary
medicinal products
Collaborate with European and international agencies
(EFSA, ECHA, EEA, EU-OSHA, ECDC and EMA)
Missions
ANSES contributes to ensuring:- human health and safety in the
fields of environment, work and food
as well as
- protecting animal health and
welfare
- protecting plant health
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2 assessment
departments
11 laboratories
ANMV
Organisation chart 11 laboratories, conducting
reference & research activities
on food safety,
animal health & plant health
Risk assessment through collective expertise
involving external experts
Different kinds of groups of experts
(includes 16 Expert committees)
Around 350 requests/year
Opinions published on the website
Marketing authorisations for
veterinary medicinal
products
Monitoring & control of
veterinary drugs
Inspection of the entire
sector
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Nutrition
Work
Environment
Broad and all-embracing competencies
Biological agentsBiological agents
AirAir
Chemical agentsChemical agents Physical agentsPhysical agents
WaterWater SoilSoilFoodFood
PlantsPlants AnimalsAnimals HumansHumans
AnimalsAnimals
Occupational Occupational
activitiesactivities
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Risk assessment
through collective expertise
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Who can make requests to ANSES?
State
organisationsInternal
requests
Ministries
Approved associations
Trade unions and
employers’ associations
Professional
associations
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Risk assessment through collective expertise
� Scientific excellence
� Independent and impartial scientific opinions
Expert
Groups
Requirements
Principles(laid down in
founding texts)
� “ANSES provides independent and multidisciplinary
scientific expertise”
� “ANSES provides expert assessment in its fields of
competency through its Expert Committees”
� Competence and a multidisciplinary approach
� Comparing viewpoints, collegial debate
� Diverging opinions considered
� Prevention of conflicts of interest
�Code of conduct for Expert Assessment, NFX 50-110
standard, traceability, transparency
Objectives
� Expert Committees
� Working Groups
� Emergency Collective Assessment Groups
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18 permanent ANSES Expert Committees
�Characterisation of substance hazards and toxicity reference values
� Assessment of risks related to air environments
� Assessment of risks related to physical agents, new technologies and
development areas
�Assessment of chemical risks of consumer items and products
�Recommendation of occupational exposure limits for chemical agents
�Water
� Human nutrition
� Assessment of physical and chemical risks in food
� Assessment of biological risks in food
� Animal feed
� Animal health
� Biological risks to plant health
Environmental and
occupational risks
Water, food and
nutritional risks
(human )
Animal health &
feed
Regulated
products
Plant health
� Assessment of risks related to biocidal substances and products
� Assessment of risks related to chemical substances within the framework of
the implementation of REACH and CLP regulations
� Plant protection products: chemical substances and preparations
�Micro- and macro-organisms beneficial to plants
� Fertilisers and growing media
� Veterinary medicinal products
Veterinary
medicinal
products
Also thematic working groups (GT)
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Examples
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Reference and research
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Reference and research
� 11 laboratories
� Conducting reference and research activities
on food safety, animal health, and plant
health
� Contributing to animal health surveillance
and expert assessment in food safety, animal
health, and plant health
� Ensuring a territorial presence of the
laboratories & their units which allows them
to be close to the field (anticipation &
detection of emergencies & health problems)
� Maintaining a position in the main regions of
production corresponding to the sectors
concerned by the reference activities of the
laboratories
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Plant Health: 1 Laboratory / 6 sites
Rennes-Le Rheu
Nematodes
Angers (HQ)GMO, virology,
bacteriology
ClermontVirology & quarantine
MontpellierArthropods
Nancy- MalzevilleMycology
La RéunionTropical
pathogens
13ANSES Visit to FERA, York, UK– 18th March, 2015
Food safety
Maisons-Alfort
Food safety
Boulogne Fishery and aquaculture
products
14ANSES Visit to FERA, York, UK– 18th March, 2015
Food and drinking -water safety
Fougères Veterinary drug
residues
Nancy Hydrology Lab.
Drinking-water
15ANSES Visit to FERA, York, UK– 18th March, 2015
Maisons -Alfort Animal Health Laboratory
(Zoonoses, epizootic diseases, epidemiology)
Maisons-AlfortAnimal Health
16ANSES Visit to FERA, York, UK– 18th March, 2015
Dozulé Laboratory (Equine diseases)
DozuléEquine diseases
Mandate shared with Maisons-Alfort Lab.
17ANSES Visit to FERA, York, UK– 18th March, 2015
Niort (Ruminants) Sophia (Bees/Q Fever) Nancy(Rabies/Wildlife)
Sophia Bees
Q Fever
NiortRuminants
Non-Priority 1 diseases
NancyRabies – Wildlife
diseases
18ANSES Visit to FERA, York, UK– 18th March, 2015
Ploufragan (Pigs, Poultry) – Plouzan é (Fish)
PloufraganPigs, poultry & rabbits,
Health, Welfare & Food safety
PlouzanéFish health
19ANSES Visit to FERA, York, UK– 18th March, 2015
Lyon Laboratory (Virology, Mycoplasma, AB-resistance,
Neurodegenerative diseases, Plant-protective agent resistance, epidemiology)
LyonAnimal and Plant
Health (+ resistances)
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Missions and their recent developments
• Reference
� Development and validation of methods
� Networking and training of official labs
� Inter-laboratory proficiency tests (ILPT)
� Provide scientific & technical support
� Maintain a scientific watchPrimary
production
Agri-food Industry
Labs
Official Labs
NRL
EURL
Self-checks
Epidemiological surveillance (Animal health, Plant health, etc.)
Data compilation& synthesis
ILPTTechnology transferLaboratory approval
A fixed framework
for the reliability
of official controls
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Reference and research
� 65 national reference mandates
(Animal & Plant Health / Food safety)
� 9 EU and 17 international reference mandates
(OIE, WHO, FAO)
�National, EU and international partnerships
� EU networks (MedVetNet / Epizone / CoVetLab …)
� Projects funded through national and EU sources:
In 2014, 32 on-going EU-funded research projects
(Horizon 2020, COST, EFSA …)
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Main missions include:
� To conduct expertise, epidemiological surveillance, early
warning, and scientific and technical support to Ministries
� To develop and validate analytical methods
� To coordinate networks of laboratories (in France and/or in
the EU member states): training, inter-laboratory proficiency
tests, etc.
� To provide confirmation of results to competent authorities
� To provide support for laboratory certification
� To perform epidemiological monitoring and modelling
� For biological and chemical agents of concern, to improve
knowledge regarding identification, pathogenicity, toxicity,
prevention, prevalence and distribution
Reference and research
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Veterinary medicinal products
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�Delivers, suspends and withdraws marketing authorisations for
veterinary medical products based on collective assessment
�Monitors and controls veterinary drugs: quality, adverse effects,
consumption, advertising, etc.
�Inspects the entire sector: production, distribution and export
�Represents France on veterinary drugs at the EU level at EMA
�Active at the international level (mandate of OIE collaborative centre)
ANSES-ANMV(French agency for veterinary medicinal products)
Veterinary medicinal products
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Surveillance, alerts, monitoring and vigilance
in ANSES
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Surveillance, alerts, monitoring and vigilance
ANSES is in charge of schemes that produce health alerts:
• Nutritional vigilance (health monitoring system for potential adverse effects associated
primarily with food supplements or novel foods)
• Biotox plan (germs that could be used in the event of biological attacks)
• Pharmacovigilance for veterinary drugs
• Reference laboratory mandates in food safety and animal health
ANSES contributes to activities on health surveillance and alerts that
originate outside the agency, for example:
• Toxicovigilance for regulated products such as plant protection products
• National Network for Monitoring and Prevention of Occupational Diseases (RNV3P)
• National animal health epidemiological surveillance platform
ANSES fulfils its mission also by:
� Setting up observatories for products and processes (e.g. Pesticide residues, food quality)
� Participating in European and international alert networks
� Maintaining a watch on international scientific publications and on trends in the media
and society
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ANSES in brief
�About 1350 staff
�Around 800 external experts solicited
� Annual budget: 130 million Euros
�More than 8000 Opinions issued since 1999
(AFSSA + AFSSET)
� 11 laboratories in 16 locations
� 65 National Reference Laboratory mandates,
9 EU-RL mandates, 17 international mandates
� 5 million Euros per year to support calls for research
projects
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For more information
www.anses.fr
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