Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition
As an autonomous entity attached to the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) is responsible for ensuring safe, healthy and sustainable food for the whole of society, as well as for acting as a national centre of excellence in the assessment, management and communication of food risks, particularly in crisis or emergency situations.
Furthermore, AESAN acts as the liaison with EFSA and other international bodies and coordinates its two main laboratories: the National Food Centre (CNA) and the Marine Biotoxins Laboratory (LBM), both of which are reference laboratories – the CNA at national level and the LBM at European level.
192
People working across its various sites
+400
Analytical units coordinated by the CNA
54
EU regulations adopted and 3 national regulations adopted in 2025
454
Alerts handled in 2025
7893
Applications from new food businesses processed in 2025
6
Reports by the Scientific Committee published in 2025
Food alerts
The main aim of issuing a food safety alert is to inform the public whether a product that has been on sale poses a serious and immediate risk to health, and, if they have bought it and have it at home, to prevent it from being consumed.
Generally speaking, the aim is to ensure that the products covered by the alert are withdrawn from sale.
Alerta por presencia de Salmonella en kéfir de cabra procedente de España. (Ref. ES2026/659).
Alerta por presencia de Listeria monocytogenes en jamón cocido procedente de España (Ref. ES2026/665)
Alerta por presencia de sildenafilo en complemento alimenticio procedente de Perú (Ref. ES2026/654)
Advertencia para personas con alergia al huevo: Presencia de huevo no declarado en preparación de surimi con gambas procedente de España. (Ref. ES2026/655)
Healthy nutrition
Promoting healthy and sustainable diets and lifestyles is essential to reducing the prevalence of obesity and being overweight, and thereby helping to prevent non-communicable diseases.
Publications
In this section, you can view publications and studies from the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition
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