Federal Public Service Health
The FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, more commonly known as the FPS Health, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on May 23, 2001, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration.
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 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:
