Netherlands

Codex Contact Point

Dr Marie-Ange Delen, Coordinator Codex Alimentarius, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Plant Supply Chain and Food Quality Department, P.O.Box 20401, 2500 EK, The Hague, Netherlands

Telephone:
+31 6 46152167

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Website:
http://www.codexalimentarius.nl

Competent authorities

Name of authority:
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport


Mandate/competence:
(EU) Legislation

Name of authority:
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Mandate/competence:
(EU) Legislation

Name of authority:
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
Mandate/competence:
Official controls and risk analysis

INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point

The INFOSAN contact is the Food and Ware Authority (NVWA) at the NVWA client contact center: [email protected]

Food safety and consumer protection – laws and regulations

The current list of legislation, related to food safety and consumer protection in each country, is extracted from FAO's database on Food Legislation FAOLEX. While FAOLEX makes every effort to serve as a high quality, reliable source of information, no guarantee is given that the information provided in FAOLEX is correct, complete, and up-to-date.

The national Codex programme

National Codex consultative mechanism

Codex proposals are discussed with all stakeholders in recurrent meetings. The Netherlands position is then represented in the EU coordination meeting. After each Codex Committee meeting a report in English is published on the Codex website (http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings-reports/en/). A short summary of the report in Dutch is published on the Dutch Codex website (https://www.codexalimentarius.nl/).

Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex

Dutch scientific experts participate in JECFA, JMPR and other meetings. Technical support assessing draft standards is provided by technical experts of the stakeholders.

Risk Assessments and Scientific Data

National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice

For EU-related issues, major advice is provided by EFSA and the EU Community Reference Laboratories.
On a national level, risk assessments and scientific advice is provided by various organisations, including the Office for Risk Assessment of the NVWA, National Institute for Public Health, and RIKILT Laboratories.

Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions

(In Dutch): https://www.nvwa.nl/onderwerpen/hoe-nvwa-werkt/dossier/bureau-risicobeoordeling-onderzoeksprogrammering/adviezen
(In Dutch) http://www.rivm.nl/rvs/Risicobeoordeling (on this page links to:
• models for risk-assessment and
• guidelines for risk-assessment)
(In English: more general information) https://english.nvwa.nl/

Official Laboratories

Official Laboratory:
NVWA laboratory, Wageningen
RIKILT laboratory, Bilthoven

Official Competence:
EU obligations

Official Laboratory:
RIKILT laboratory, Wageningen
Official Competence:
Research and development - Microbiological food safety

Official Laboratory:
RIVM laboratory, Bilthoven
Official Competence:
Research and development -
Chemical food safety

Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination

National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans

Described by the European Commission for all of the EU

National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain

Described by the European Commission for all of the EU