The European Commission aims to assure a high level of food safety and animal & plant health within the EU through coherent Farm to Fork measures and adequate monitoring, while ensuring an effective internal market.

The EU Agri-Food Fraud Network (the FFN) links the Commission and each liaison body designated by Member States, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. In collaboration with the FFN, the EC Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality (in the Joint Research Centre) provides its expertise in food science, and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) carry out necessary investigations.

The European Commission carries out controls aimed at monitoring the implementation and enforcement of EU legislation on food and feed safety, animal health, animal welfare, plant health and in certain areas of human health protection.

The Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality (KC-FFQ) produces and makes sense of scientific information to protect the authenticity and quality of food in the EU.

Safety in the food chain from farm to fork is at EFSA’s core. We contribute to protecting human life and health, taking account of animal health and welfare, plant health and the environment.

The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.