3.1. Health, demographic change and well-being

The JRC will contribute to the harmonisation of methods, standards, and practices in support of Union legislation targeting health and consumer protection through: assessment of risks and opportunities of new technologies and chemicals, including nanomaterials, in food, feed and consumer products; development and validation of harmonised measurement, identification and quantification methods, integrated testing strategies and state-of-the-art tools for toxicological hazard assessment, including alternative methods to animal testing; assessment of health effects of environmental pollution; development and quality assurance of health testing and screening practices, including genetic testing and cancer screening.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.