Within the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (MASAF), the Department of Food Sovereignty and Horse Racing (DISAI), with its Directorate-General for the Promotion of Agri-Food Quality (PQA), is responsible for the coordination of activities related to the quality of agricultural products and food. 

The Department of Common Agricultural Policy and Rural Development (DIPACSR), with its Directorate-General for Rural Development (DISR), is responsible for plant health, seeds, propagation material, fertilisers and some aspects of the field of plant protection products, as well as for husbandry.

The Department of Central Inspectorate for Quality Controls and Antifraud of Foodstuff and Agricultural Products (ICQRF) is the law enforcement body of the MASAF responsible for fraud prevention. It carries out controls on labelling and quality of foodstuffs, agricultural product feed, fertilisers and plant protection products via its own laboratory network.