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French national agency for food, environmental and occupational health safety, formed in 2010 from the merger of the food safety and the environmental and occupational health agencies, with its seat at Maisons-Alfort near Paris. Assesses the risks of foods, chemicals, pesticides, biocides and workplace exposures, licenses veterinary medicines through its national agency for veterinary medicinal products at Fougères, runs reference laboratories across the country and advises the ministries on health protection.