The Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA) is a successor to the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC), set up by the European Commission in 2006 to run

• the Public Health Programme
• (from 2008) the Consumers Programme
• (from 2008) the Better Training for Safer Food initiative.

CHAFEA started work on 1 January 2014. Its mandate extends until 2024.

It administers:

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

CHAFEA carries 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.

Established: 2005