The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) Laboratory for Food Safety provides support to public decision-makers through general scientific expertise on the quality and safety of foodstuffs, and more specific scientific expertise on certain processing sectors. Its work is focused on biological (bacteria, viruses, parasites) and chemical (toxins, metals, pesticides, organic pollutants, histamine) hazards found, and likely to be found, in foods, particularly during distribution and consumption.