Article 15
1. The Consultative Body is staffed by: a. The minister, who acts as chairman; b. The minister in charge of public health matters; c. The Minister in charge of Economic and Entrepreneurship Affairs.
2. The consultative body takes decisions by a two-thirds majority of the number of members.
3. The consultative body meets at least three times a year.


Article 16
The aim of the consultative body is to consult at ministerial level on the interface between their specific areas of work in relation to food safety, based on the specific tasks of the respective ministers, as included in the State Order on Task Description of the Departments.

Article 14 [extract]:
[…] For the Ministry of Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries the special tasks are as follows
described:

- policy on agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and beekeeping;
- monitoring of the proper use of land and waters issued for the agricultural sector;
- research and information in the sectors referred to in (a);
- identifying the need for and distribution of goods and services in the sectors referred to in (a);
- matters relating to the production, storage, processing and marketing of products produced in the sectors referred to in (a), where necessary in the interdepartmental context;
- the prevention and control of animal and plant diseases and pests;
- the establishment of quality standards for and the exercise of quality control on products of the sectors referred to in (a);
- the investment and credit policies of the sectors referred to in (a), in cooperation with the eligible ministries;
- promoting, coordinating, regulating and monitoring cooperatives and other organisations in the sectors referred to in (a), where necessary interdepartmental;
- monitoring compliance with the legislation relating to the sectors referred to in (a), where necessary in an interdepartmental context;