The Food Chain Crisis – Emergency Management Unit (FCC-EMU) manages the response to food chain emergencies. The FCC-EMU, located in the Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, is the operational arm of the FCC. The FCC-EMU is divided in the following three areas:

• Animal Health, through the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)
• Plant Protection
• Food Safety

The FCC-EMU works under the technical leadership of the relevant FAO divisions and in close collaboration with the decentralized offices.

From rapid response to rehabilitation

The FCC-EMU provides the core operational capacity for the rapid-, medium- and longer-term response to emergencies threatening the food chain (animal diseases, plant pests and food safety) and for the related medium-term rehabilitation.

The Crisis Management Centre - Animal Health (CMC-AH) is FAO’s rapid response mechanism for transboundary animal disease emergencies.  The Centre provides technical and operational assistance to help governments develop and implement immediate solutions to prevent or stop disease spread.