INTRODUCTION：
This is the second Annual Report of the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), Directorate
General XXIV, Consumer Policy and Consumer Health Protection. It covers the period 1
April 1998 – 30 March 1999.
The Office’s principal missions are to monitor and control how Member States and third
countries implement EU legislation on food safety, animal health, plant health and animal
welfare, and to contribute towards the maintenance of confidence in the safety of food offered
to the European consumer.
It fulfils these missions by carrying out a programme of inspections to monitor the
performance of competent authorities, including on-the-spot inspections of individual
establishments in both Member States and third countries.
During the period of this report, 196 inspection missions w
