The Advisory Group ensures that the Commission's policies on food and feed safety take account of the views and needs of the people they are meant to serve - consumers, farmers, the food industry and retailers.

It provides the European Commission with guidance on:

• labelling and presentation of food and feed
• food and feed safety
• human nutrition in relation to food legislation
• animal health and welfare and plant health .

Activities

• Discussion of general policy issues at twice-yearly plenary sessions
• Consideration of more technical issues in ad hoc working groups, to which representatives of non-member organisations may also be invited.

Membership

45 stakeholder organisations representing farmers, the food industry, retailers and consumer organisations

Advisory Group members

Statutes & procedures

• Decision creating Advisory Group - 2004
• Decision on the members of the Advisory Group - 2011
• Background paper on Advisory Group and food-safety stakeholder consultation
  
• Advisory Group's rules of procedure

Agendas and minutes

Plenaries

• 16 March 2012: Agenda - Summary Record
• 14 November 2011: Agenda - Summary Record
• 14 March 2011: Agenda - Summary Record
• 08 November 2010: Agenda - Summary Record
• 26 March 2010: Agenda - Summary Record
• Previous plenaries:
  • 04 December 2009: Agenda - Summary Record
  • 29 May 2009: Agenda - Summary Record
  • 19 December 2008: Agenda - Summary Record
  • 14 November 2008: Agenda - Summary Record (special plenary on animal cloning)
  • 7 March 2008: Agenda - Summary Record

Working Groups

• Agendas & Summary Records 2012
• Previous working group agendas & records
  • Agendas & Summary Records 2011
  • Agendas & Summary Records 2010
  • Agendas & Summary Records 2009

Other

• Other stakeholder groups