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.

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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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