The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
Numerous crises like dioxin-afflicted feed, misuse of antibiotics in pig feeding and finally, the emergence of BSE in Germany in the late 1990s unsettled the trust of the populace in food safety. Following the recommendation in the report of the President of the Federal Court of Audit, Hedda von Wedel, the Federal Agency (subsequently Federal Office) of Consumer Protection and Food Safety was founded in the course of the re-organization of health-related consumer protection in January 2002. For the purpose of improving coordination between the Federal Government and the Federal States (Bundesländer) as well as improving the communication of risks, it was established as the authority responsible for risk management. Moreover, risk assessment and risk management, which were previously handled by a single institution, were split to facilitate an improvement of the transparency of state actions. The duties of the authority are stipulated in the BVL-Act as well as in various specialist laws in the area of food, commodities, feed, plant protection, veterinary medical products and genetic engineering legislation.
Address
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
Bundesallee 50, Gebäude 247
38116 Braunschweig
Lower Saxony
Phone: 0531/21497-0
Fax: 0531/21497-299
email: poststelle(@)blv.bund.de
Activities:
- Research
Coordinated projects
- Development of antimcrobial resistance by the oral apllication if antimicrobial agents such as Cephalosporines, Fluoroquinolones and Makrolides in pigs Details of Development of antimcrobial resistance by the oral apllication if antimicrobial agents such as Cephalosporines, Fluoroquinolones and Makrolides in pigs
Involved in research projects:
- Coordination of risk assessment for efficacy of plant protection substances Details of Coordination of risk assessment for efficacy of plant protection substances
- Development and improvement of methods for the risk/benefit assessment of the efficacy of plant protection products Details of Development and improvement of methods for the risk/benefit assessment of the efficacy of plant protection products
- Development of criteria for the assessment of benefit and evaluation of the benefit of herbicides Details of Development of criteria for the assessment of benefit and evaluation of the benefit of herbicides
- Development of methods testing the efficacy of plant protection products as part of their risk-benefit assessment in horticulture Details of Development of methods testing the efficacy of plant protection products as part of their risk-benefit assessment in horticulture
- Enhancements of efficacy test methods for the risk/benefit assessment of plant protection substances in forests (insecticidws, rodenticides, repellents) Details of Enhancements of efficacy test methods for the risk/benefit assessment of plant protection substances in forests (insecticidws, rodenticides, repellents)
- Participation in the coordination of the risk assessment for the evaluation area efficacy in the BBA Details of Participation in the coordination of the risk assessment for the evaluation area efficacy in the BBA
- Participation in the EC evaluation of active substances in forest protection agents, rodenticides and repellent Details of Participation in the EC evaluation of active substances in forest protection agents, rodenticides and repellent
- Participation in the EC evaluation of active substances of herbicides Details of Participation in the EC evaluation of active substances of herbicides
- Participation in the EU evaluation of active substances in plant protection products for horticulture, fruits, viticulture and hops Details of Participation in the EU evaluation of active substances in plant protection products for horticulture, fruits, viticulture and hops
- Practical Implementation of Coexistence in Europe (PRICE) Details of Practical Implementation of Coexistence in Europe (PRICE)
- Risiko-/Nutzenbewertung effectiveness of the testing of plant protection products in the forest (approval / authorization, grant of consent) Details of Risiko-/Nutzenbewertung effectiveness of the testing of plant protection products in the forest (approval / authorization, grant of consent)
- Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of fungicides, bactericides and growth regulators in vegetables, fruits, viticulture and ornamentals as well as declaration of agreement Details of Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of fungicides, bactericides and growth regulators in vegetables, fruits, viticulture and ornamentals as well as declaration of agreement
- Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of insectides and acaricides in vegetables, fruits, viticulture, hops and ornamentals as well as declaration of agreement Details of Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of insectides and acaricides in vegetables, fruits, viticulture, hops and ornamentals as well as declaration of agreement
- Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of plant protection products in private homes and gardens Details of Risk-benefit assessment by the efficacy evaluation section as part of the authorisation/approval of plant protection products in private homes and gardens
- Risk/benefit assessment for the evaluation of efficacy for the authorisation/approval of herbicides and declaration of the agreement Details of Risk/benefit assessment for the evaluation of efficacy for the authorisation/approval of herbicides and declaration of the agreement