National authorities
You can find information on national authorities responsible for setting the legislation and local requirements regarding food safety and food allergy.
The British and Australian guidelines are good examples, as they are the most comprehensive. Australia was one of the first countries to develop and recommend the use of an allergen risk assessment tool to harmonise the application of allergen precautionary labelling with the Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL) initiative.
Please note, this is not an exhaustive list of all national food authorities in the world. Contact us if you have any corrections, additions and updates.
Europe
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B
- Belgium – Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (Service public fédéral (SPF) Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement)
- Bulgaria – Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Министерство на земеделието и горите)
C
- Cyprus – Ministry of Health – Medical and Public Health Services
- Czech Republic – Czech Agriculture And Food Inspection Authority (Státní zemedelská a potravinárská inspekce)
D
E
F
- Finland – National Food Agency Finland (Elintarvikevirasto)
- France – Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation, de la Pêche et des Affaires Rurales (see also: December 2018 notice on updated allergy information (PDF)
G
- Germany – Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL)
- Greece – Hellenic Food Authority (ΕΝΙΑΙΟΣ ΦΟΡΕΑΣ ΕΛΕΓΧΟΥ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ)
H
I
- Iceland – Environment and Food Agency of Iceland (UST – Umhverfisstofnun)
- Ireland – Food Safety Authority of Ireland
- Italy – Ministero della Salute
L
- Latvia – Food and Veterinary Service (Partikas un Veterinarais Dienests)
- Liechtenstein – Office for Food Inspection and Veterinary Affairs (Amt für Lebensmittelkontrolle/ Landesveterinäram)
- Lithuania – State Food and Veterinary Service (Valstybine maisto ir Veterinarijos Tarnyba)
- Luxembourg – Sécurité Alimentaire Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
M
- Malta – Food Safety Commission
N
- Netherlands – Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit)
- Norway – Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Statens tilsyn for planter, fisk, dyr, og Næringsmidler)
P
- Poland – Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (Glówny Inspektorat Sanitarny)
- Portugal – Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (Ministério da Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas (MADRP))
R
S
- Slovakia – Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic
- Slovenia – Ministry of Health (Ministrstvo za zdravje)
- Spain – Ministry of Health and Consumption (Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo)
- Sweden – National food Administration (Livsmedelsverket)
- Switzerland – Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
U
- United Kingdom – Food Standards Agency
North and South America
Africa
- Chad – Programme National de lutte contre les toxi infections alimentaires (PNLTIA) Ministére de la Santé Publique
- Kenya – Ministry of Health
- Mali – National Directorate for Health
- Nigeria – National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
- South Africa – Department of Health (Directorate: Food Control)
Asia
- Afghanistan – Ministry of Public Health
- Hong Kong – Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
- Japan – Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Oman – Ministry of Health
Australasia
- Australia – Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
- New Zealand – Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)