The Commissioner for Health and Food Safety is the member of the

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. The current post of Commissioner is held by Stella Kyriakidou ( el, Στέλλα Κυριακίδου) from Cyprus, a psychologist and politician of the conservative

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally ( el, Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, translit=Dimokratikós Sinagermós, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was founded ...

party. The portfolio is responsible for matters of public health, food safety, animal health and plant health.

Portfolio

Markos Kyprianou Markos Kyprianou ( el, Μάρκος Κυπριανού ; born 22 January 1960) is a Cypriot politician who served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the Evangelos Florakis Nav ...

was appointed to the

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as European Commissioner for Health & Consumer Protection; however, with the accession of Bulgaria on 1 January 2007, the Consumer Protect portfolio was split off and given to

Meglena Kuneva Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva ( bg, Меглена Щилиянова Кунева; born 22 June 1957) is a Bulgarian and EU politician. Biography Born in Sofia, Kuneva is descended from a Catholic family from the town of Rakovski. She graduat ...

''(See: European Commissioner for Consumer Protection)''. The post's

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is still merged with that office. One policy is the promotion of warnings on tobacco packets, with the Commission moving towards pictorial warnings. Following several European Union member states enacting bans on smoking in public places Kyprianou proposed a plan for an EU-wide ban of that kind. In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of

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in the Union. The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.Brussels to push for EU-wide organ donor card
euobserver.com 20 May 2007 After Kyprianou was appointed Foreign Minister of Cyprus, he was replaced by Androulla Vasiliou on 3 March 2008.

List of commissioners

References

External links

Commissioner's website

{{CommissionPortfolios European Union consumer protection policy European Union health policy Food safety in the European Union Health and Consumer Policy

Portfolio

List of commissioners

See also

References

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