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Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, together with Law 17/2011 of 05 July on food safety and nutrition, are the foundations of food safety in Spain. Government measures concerning food safety are, in most cases, based on risk assessments.
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, together with Law 17/2011 of 5 July on food safety and nutrition, are the foundations of food safety in Spain.  


In Spain, there is no institutional separation between risk assessment and risk management. Risk assessments are drafted by the Scientific Committee, an independent body within the Spanish Agency for Food Safety & Nutrition (AESAN), and are published in Spanish and English on the AESAN website.
The Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency (AESAN OA), together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) and the Ministry of Health, is responsible for the coordination of the food safety control systems at national level. Regional authorities are responsible for the implementation of official controls of food safety within their territory.


In Spain, AESAN, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), are responsible for the coordination at the national level of the organisation and functioning of food safety control systems.
All the information regarding the organization of the food control system in Spain is included in the Spanish Multiannual National Control Plan, called Plan Nacional de Control Oficial de la Cadena Alimentaria (PNCOCA 2021-2025), available in English in this [https://www.aesan.gob.es/AECOSAN/docs/documentos/seguridad_alimentaria/pncoca/2021-2025/PNCOCA_2021-2025_en_INGLES.pdf link].
 
AESAN OA is an autonomous body belonging to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and functionally reports to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.


AESAN is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and functionally reports to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.




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