The Commissioner for Health and Food Safety is the member of the European Commission.

The current Commissioner is Olivér Várhelyi who is responsible for health and animal welfare.

[2] In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of organ donation in the Union.

The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.

[3] After Kyprianou was appointed Foreign Minister of Cyprus, he was replaced by Androulla Vasiliou on 3 March 2008.