Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA)

Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency was a successor to the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC), and has in turn been replaced by the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).

CHAFEA carried out duties assigned to it by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety. It manages relations with some 2800 beneficiaries and contractors working on nearly 400 projects/service contracts in the fields of health, consumer protection and food safety. It has about 50 staff members based in Luxembourg.

CHAFEA started work on January 1st 2014, and was terminated april 1st 2021. It administered:

  • the EU Health Programme
  • the Consumer Programme
  • the Better Training for Safer Food initiative.

It also promoted EU agricultural products at an international level.