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What are the positive and negative points of our diets here in the Netherlands? How clean is our drinking water? Can a company simply claim that a product is good for our health? What bacteria are responsible for food poisoning? And how does our diet measure up? 

This website supplies information outlining the RIVM’s tasks related to food and drinking water. Here information is offered on minimalising risks of food contamination, the role of diet and exercise in striving for good health. Information is also collected on allergies for an array of substances found in the food we consume. 

As a research institute and centre of expertise, RIVM advises and supports policy-makers and professionals in their respective fields of work. The RIVM reports both positive and negative aspects of certain foods to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Netherlands. One example here is the report, ‘Ons eten gemeten’ report (in Dutch) with an English-language summary, ‘Measuring Dutch meals’. The RIVM also supports the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA) by taking measures to combat foodborne infections. Considerable information has also been collected for the non-professionals in all these areas.