White Paper on food safety

White Paper on food safety

In January 2000, the European Commission published a White Paper that presented its position with respect to the management of food safety issues for the coming years. The paper set out:

• the central goal of the highest possible level of health protection for the consumers of Europe's food;

• confirmation of the adoption of a food safety policy that is overtly based on a "farm to table" approach, i.e. a comprehensive integrated approach;

• forward plans for the creation of a European Food Safety Authority; and

• an indication of the need for general reform of EU food safety legislation.

The full text of this 52-page document is available on the Internet at the following URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/library/pub/pub06_en.pdf

A summary of the White Paper is available as a press release at the following URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/library/press/press37_en.html