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Print version | What's new? | Search | Glossary | Contact | About EUROPA   Consumer confidence in the safety of food products has sometimes been shaken in recent years by food-related health crises. Responding to the challenge, the European Union has put in place a comprehensive strategy to restore people’s belief in the safety of their food “from the farm to the fork”. This is based on a combination of high standards for food, animal health and welfare, and plant health. These standards apply both to food produced inside the EU and food imports. Find out more...     Commission Food Safety Public Health Consumer Affairs European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Council of the European Union Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs The European Ombudsman European Food Safety Authority Useful reading: From farm to fork - Safe food for Europe’s consumers (Series: Europe on the move) Press releases  Bulletin of the European Union General Report on the Activities of the European Union Publications The Rapid Alert System for food and Feed (RASFF) - Annual report 2006 [1.87 MB] Contact Europe Direct! Call centre Web assistance Panorama General and institutional provisions Veterinary checks, animal health rules, hygiene of food Product labelling and packaging Animal nutrition Animal welfare Animal health Plant health controls Contamination and environmental factors International dimension and enlargement Specific themes Treaty establishing the European Community (Articles 37, 95, 152 and 153) Legislation in force Legislation in preparation and monitoring of the decision-making process between institutions: Search in the Legislative Observatory of the European Parliament Search in the Public Register of the Council of the European Union Search in PreLex Opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee Opinions of the Committee of the Regions Recent case-law of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance