- Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (European Commission)
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The Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, formerly Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection and often abbreviated as "SANCO" or "DG-SANCO" for the French words Santé (Health) & Consommateurs (Consumers), is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The Health & Consumers DG is responsible for the implementation of EU laws on the safety of food and other products, on consumers' rights and on the protection of people's health. In 2006, DG Sanco launched the public Health-EU portal to provide European citizens with easy access to comprehensive information on Public Health initiatives and programmes at EU level.
Contents
Structure
Scientific Committees
DG-SANCO manages three independent Scientific Committees:
- The Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP)
- The Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER)
- The Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR)
These Scientific Committees provide the European Commission with the scientific advice on non-food products that it needs when preparing policy and proposals relating to consumer safety, public health and the environment. The Committees also draw the Commission's attention to the new or emerging problems which may pose an actual or potential threat.
Agencies
Three agencies of the European Union are linked to DG-SANCO: the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which the European Commission consults for questions concerning the safety of food products, the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), which administers a system of plant variety rights, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which helps the European Union combat communicable diseases and other serious health threats.
Health-EU Portal
Health-EU Portal is an official web portal of the Health and Consumers Directorate-General that facilities the access of public-related health information to European Union citizens,[1] launched in 2006.[2] The site contains material on 47 health-related subjects and is in the 22 official languages[3] of the EU. The Health-EU portal complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information.[4]
See also
- Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI)
- European Public Health Alliance (EHPA)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- Health Threat Unit
- TRACES
References
- ^ "Health-EU Portal". http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- '^ New EU portal on health launched. Euractiv.com. 11 May 2006
- ^ language policy
- ^ HON seal
External links
- Health & Consumers DG
- The Scientific Committees of DG-SANCO
- Health-EU Portal the official public health portal of the European Union
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