The Council is consulted on the definition of public food policy and gives opinions on related issues.
It may, in particular, be consulted on the main policy guidelines relating to:
1° Adapting consumption to nutritional requirements;
2° Food safety and food safety;
3° The quality of foodstuffs;
4° Informing consumers of these foodstuffs;
5° Crisis prevention and risk communication.
The Council does not take the place of bodies qualified in scientific matters or economic guidance bodies. It may consult them on matters falling within their remit.
The Council may also be consulted to contribute to feedback following food crises on a national scale.
The Minister responsible for agriculture, the Minister responsible for health, the Minister responsible for the environment or the Minister responsible for consumer affairs, or any other consultative body attached to the State or one of its public establishments, or at least one of its colleges, may refer to the Council any matter falling within its remit, by a majority of two-thirds of its constituent members or by its Chairman.
>The Council may also be consulted on matters falling within its remit.