Federal Public Service Health

The FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (Dutch: FOD Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu, French: SPF Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement, German: FÖD Volksgesundheit, Sicherheit der Nahrungsmittelkette und Umwelt), more commonly known as the FPS Health, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. Royal Order established FPS Justice on May 23, 2001, as part of Verhofstadt I Government to rebuild the federal administration.[1]

It is responsible for guaranteeing the public health, the safety of the food chain and a safe environment.

Organisation

The FPS Health is currently organised into three Directorates-General and an Administration:

  • The Directorate-General for Health Care
  • The Directorate-General for Animals, Plants and Foodstuffs
  • The Directorate-General for Environment
  • The Administration of Medical Expertise (Medex)

The former Directorate-General for Medicinal Products has become the autonomous Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products in 2007. The Directorate-General for Health Care is the result of the merger of the Directorate-General for Health Care Facilities Organisation and the Directorate-General for Primary Health Care & Crisis Management. The FPS Health is also linked with two scientific institutions:

  • Sciensano, the successor to the former Center for Veterinary and Agrochemical Research and the former Scientific Institute of Public Health
  • The Superior Health Council

See also



  1. "Belgian Federal Public Service for Justice". ISSAT. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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