Institute for Health and Consumer Protection
The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (English: Institute for Health and Consumer Protection , JRC-IHCP) is a research institute of the Joint Research Center . This European body is a division of the European Commission .
The institute operates in the food , consumer products, chemicals and public health sectors and writes reviews in these areas. It supports standardization and harmonization activities in these areas in cooperation with other international institutions. A large number of publicly accessible databases are maintained by the institute.
The JRC-IHP with its approx. 270 employees (status: 2014) is based in Ispra, Italy and has been managed by Krzysztof Maruszewski since 2013.