The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration consists of five professional business areas: Meat Inspection, Finance, Veterinary, Food, and Innovation & Development.
- The Inspection Division is responsible for meat inspection units and the inspection of all slaughter animals before and after slaughter. The division also handles tasks related to slaughterhouses, small abattoirs, and outbound inspections.
- The Finance Division manages not only financial tasks but also responsibilities related to Procurement, HR, IT, Data & Business Processes, as well as Customer and Business Services.
- The Veterinary Division oversees field inspections, emergency preparedness, regulation development, and policy-making concerning animal health, animal welfare, and veterinary medicine.
- The Food Division handles emergency preparedness, regulation development, inspection, and policy-making related to feed and food safety, as well as food chemistry and quality.
- The Legal Division provides legal advice and coordination, regulation issuance and interpretation, administrative law, and more.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration employs approximately 1,800 staff members and is part of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, as one of two agencies under the ministry.