Food security policy

– The Spanish Agency for Consumption, Food Security, and Nutrition (Agencia Española de Consumo, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición–AECOSAN) was created in 2014 (replacing its preceding agency).  Among other functions related to food and nutrition, AECOSAN is charged with elaborating, implementing, and executing food security and nutritional policies at the national level [1]

• Food Security Policy: Plan Nacional de Control Oficial de la Cadena Alimentaria (PNCOCA).  This plan aims to develop and improve official control plans in the field of primary production to certify, by complying with the rules on food safety and quality, food arriving in Spain is safe for the citizens and of a high quality, while at the same time promoting the Spanish food industry. The plan’s goal is to defend the rights of consumers in the food chain and help maintain the unity of the market while guaranteeing high level of food quality and a diversity of food products.
• Nutritional Policy: Estrategia NAOS (Estrategia para la Nutrición, Actividad Física y Prevención de la Obesidad), launched in 2005.  Aims to reduce obesity rates (and by extension morbidity caused by non-communicable diseases) through the promotion of healthy eating habits and physical exercise, focusing on youth.

– Ley 17/2011 de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricion [2]

 

[1] http://www.aecosan.msssi.gob.es/AECOSAN/web/home/aecosan_inicio.htm

[2] http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/07/06/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-11604.pdf