Federal Public Service Health

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The FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (

Royal Order established FPS Justice on 23 May 2001, as part of Verhofstadt I Government to rebuild the federal administration.[1]

It is responsible for guaranteeing the public health, the safety of the food chain and a safe environment.

Organisation

The FPS Health is currently organised into three Directorates-General and an Administration:

  • The Directorate-General for Health Care
  • The Directorate-General for Animals, Plants and Foodstuffs
  • The Directorate-General for Environment
  • The Administration of Medical Expertise (Medex)

The former Directorate-General for Medicinal Products has become the autonomous

scientific institutions
:

  • Sciensano, the successor to the former Center for Veterinary and Agrochemical Research and the former Scientific Institute of Public Health
  • The Superior Health Council

See also

References

  1. ^ "Belgian Federal Public Service for Justice". ISSAT. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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