Organizational structure

Organizational structure

The FSC is primarily composed of seven commissioners who are appointed based on their profound knowledge of food safety. As its subordinate structure, The FSC has 16 Expert Committees that operate to either implement risk assessments on individual hazards such as food additives, pesticides and so on (15 subcommittees) or to commit to other activities such as strategic planning of assessment/emergency response/risk communication (1 subcommittee). Those core the FSC activities are supported by secretariat staff who provide operational services to the Commissioners and Expert Committee members.