Sustainability issues and investigation of cases related to economic frauds[6] in the food chain has appeared in the 21st century.
[11][12][13][14][15] The work of the directorates is coordinated by the president of NFCSO, also acting as deputy chief veterinary officer of Hungary.
The activities of NFCSO are supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and personally the chief veterinary officer of Hungary.
The basic principle of organizing the activities of NFCSO is food safety risk analysis as defined by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
[22] Since 2016, NFCSO has been the organisator of the Hungarian national level food waste prevention programme, called Wasteless.