Food safety and health quality — Agriculture, food & forestry · Budget

Implementation of the food safety and quality policy, combating animal diseases, animal protection and welfare, cross-cutting initiatives…: the 2nd largest of the 4 parts of “Agriculture, food & forestry”.

833M€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

< 1% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 2024870M€

Spent in 2025848M€

Voted for 2026833M€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Implementation of the food safety and quality policy42%360M€

Combating animal diseases, animal protection and welfare14%123M€

Cross-cutting initiatives14%119M€

Food safety13%108M€

Ecological planning - strategy to reduce the use of plant protection products12%106M€

Plant health, quality and protection4%34M€

Food quality and food supply< 1%7M€

Disposal of animal carcasses and by-products< 1%4M€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.