Food Information and Control Agency

Food Information and Control Agency
Agencia de Información y Control Alimentarios
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Agency overview
FormedJanuary 1, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-01)
JurisdictionSpain
HeadquartersMadrid,  Spain
Employees68 (2019)[1]
Annual budget 9.3 million, 2023[2]
Agency executive
  • Gema Hernández Maroñas, Director
Parent agencyMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Websitewww.aica.gob.es

The Food Information and Control Agency (Spanish: Agencia de Información y Control Alimentarios, AICA) is the Spanish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food autonomous agency responsible for managing the information and control systems of the olericulture, dairy and other markets that the Ministry determines; the control of compliance with the Food Chain Improvement Act of 2013 and the official control of Protected Designations of Origin and Geographical Indications whose territorial scope extends to more than one autonomous community, before the commercialization.[3]

  1. ^ "Resolution of September 25, 2019, of the Food Information and Control Agency, which publishes the annual accounts for the year 2018 and the audit report". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  2. ^ "State Budget 2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Royal Decree 227/2014, of April 4, which approves the Statute of the Information and Food Control Agency". boe.es. Retrieved 2020-03-08.