Glossary

ANSESFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety

ANSES is the French public agency for health and safety expertise, created on 1 July 2010; its ANMV department regulates veterinary medicines.

It reports to the ministers responsible for agriculture, consumer affairs, the environment, health and labour. For vets, it acts through its ANMV department: medicine authorisations, pharmacovigilance and antimicrobial monitoring.

Sources

Checked on 7 November 2026 · by Amir Davies

See also

  • ANMV The ANMV is the department of ANSES, based in Fougères, that acts as France’s competent authority for veterinary medicines.
  • CalypsoVet CalypsoVet is the French platform through which vets report antimicrobial prescriptions, supplies and administrations, by the end of the month following each supply.