Sélection d'avis ou rapports de l'Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) publiés en 2012

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) conducts missions in the areas of surveillance, expert appraisal, research and reference in a wide range of fields including human health, animal health and well-being, and plant health. It was founded on 1st July 2010 following the merger of two French health agencies, the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) and the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (AFSSET). ANSES is active in the fields of environmental and occupational health, food safety, animal health and well-being, and plant safety. Its main priority is to help protect the health and safety of the population, both in their working and consumer activities. In order to make credible and effective recommendations for public health measures, ANSES mobilises multidisciplinary, collective scientific expertise while encouraging independent debate. This is done by organizing specialised scientific panels and drawing on the human and social sciences for its scientific expertise. Risk assessment is the principal mission assigned to ANSES. The main steps in the process are: the request; the expert assessment by the working group(s) set up by the expert committee(s) assigned to the topic; the presentation of the expert report signed by its rapporteurs; the publication of the Agency's opinion and recommendations, signed by its Director General. Except when required in order to respect confidential information protected by law, including industrial and trade secrets, the Agency's opinions and recommendations are published on the ANSES website. A selection of opinions or reports published by ANSES in 2012 is presented.