Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit

Headquarters of the Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit, Catharijnesingel, Utrecht

The Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA; dt: Dutch Authority for the Safety of Food and Consumer Goods ) is a Dutch authority responsible for monitoring producers, importers and traders for compliance with food and consumer goods laws and regulations.

The NVWA is under the responsibility of the Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (German Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality ). She also works on behalf of the Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (German Ministry for Health, Social Affairs and Sport ).

The NVWA was created in 2012 through the merger of the Voedselen Warenautoriteit (VWA) with the Algemene Inspectiedienst (AID; German General Inspection Service) and the Plantenziektenkundige Dienst (PD; German Plant Protection Service ). The authority is based in Utrecht .

Areas of activity

The NVWA is active in the following areas:

• Food safety in the hospitality , retail and institutional sectors
• Food safety for industrial foods
• Food safety in slaughterhouses and cutting plants
• Special food and beverage products
• Safe consumer goods
• Import (animals, animal products, plants, food, consumer goods)
• Export (animals, animal products, plants, food, consumer goods)
• Animal welfare
• nature
• Animal health (prevention)
• Animal health (control and handling of suspicious facts)
• Veterinary drugs
• Feed
• Animal by-products (fat, bones, skin, wool)
• Manure fertilization
• Plant protection
• Phytosanitary security (trade in disease-free plants)
• fishing
• tobacco
• European and national funding programs

Web links

• Website of the Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rol Nvwa accessed on 5 June of 2019.
2. ↑ Werkzaamheden van de NVWA , accessed June 5, 2019.