Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
The characteristic feature of BfR’s work is its scientific, research-driven approach. The public agencies responsible for risk management can draw on the Institute’s health assessments and management options. The BfR results and recommendations are an important decision making aid for measures for all interested circles. By means of its science-based risk assessment, BfR provides important stimulus for consumer health protection both inside and outside Germany. BfR has the statutory remit of providing information on possible, identified and assessed risks which foods, substances and products may entail for consumers. It seeks to present the entire assessment process in a transparent manner to the public at large. By means of comprehensive, complete and easily understandable risk communication BfR renders science visible to and beneficial for consumers.
Address
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Thielallee 88-92
D-14195 Berlin
Berlin
Phone: +49-(0)30-8412-0
Fax: +49-1888-412-4970
E-mail: pressestelle(@)bfr.bund.de
Mandate:
national
Activities:
- Research
- Funding
Focus:
- Assessment of food and feed with regard to microbiological and chemical substance safety
- Development, assessment and validation of alternatives to animal experiments
- Risk communication
- Safety of consumer products (cosmetics, tobacco products, textiles, consumer items and food packaging)
- Safety of substances (chemicals), safety of pesticides and biocides
Coordinated projects
- Comparative study on the quality of vegetables derived from conventional and organic farming using the example of carrots Details of Comparative study on the quality of vegetables derived from conventional and organic farming using the example of carrots
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Financed Funding-programmes:
- BfR Funding
Details of BfR Funding
All projects: 45
Project Management Agency for
- BfR Funding
Details of BfR Funding
All projects: 45
Involved in research projects:
- Description of the Nature of Accidental Misuse of Chemicals and Chemical Products (DeNaMiC) Details of Description of the Nature of Accidental Misuse of Chemicals and Chemical Products (DeNaMiC)
- Development of concepts for plant protection in private homes and gardens Details of Development of concepts for plant protection in private homes and gardens
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- CO-EXTRA - GM and non-GM supply chains : their CO-EXistence and TRAceability Details of CO-EXTRA - GM and non-GM supply chains : their CO-EXistence and TRAceability
- Investigation in broiler chicks with diarrhea followed by growth depression (malabsorption syndrome, MAS) Details of Investigation in broiler chicks with diarrhea followed by growth depression (malabsorption syndrome, MAS)
- TRACE - Tracing Food Commodities in Europe Details of TRACE - Tracing Food Commodities in Europe
- SAFE FOODS - Promoting food safety through a new integrated risk analysis approach for foods Details of SAFE FOODS - Promoting food safety through a new integrated risk analysis approach for foods
- Safe food, fair food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal-source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in sub Saharan Africa Details of Safe food, fair food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal-source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in sub Saharan Africa
- PEN - Pathogenic Escherichia coli Network Details of PEN - Pathogenic Escherichia coli Network
- PERFluorinated Organics in Our Diet (PERFOOD) Details of PERFluorinated Organics in Our Diet (PERFOOD)
Subordinate Institutions:
- BfR - Division 6: Safety of substances and preparations (BfR - 6)- Details of BfR - 6
- BfR - Department 9: Experimental Toxicology and ZEBET (BfR 9 Z)- Details of BfR 9 Z
- BfR - Department 3: Scientific Services (BfR - 3 QUER)- Details of BfR - 3 QUER
- BfR - Division 7: safety of consumer products (BfR - 7 PRS)- Details of BfR - 7 PRS
- BfR - Department 2: Risk Communication (BfR - 2 RIKO)- Details of BfR - 2 RIKO
- BfR - Department 4: Biological Safety (BfR - 4 BIOS)- Details of BfR - 4 BIOS
- BfR - Department 5: Food Safety (BfR - 5 - LMS)- Details of BfR - 5 - LMS
- BfR - Department 8: Safety in the Food Chain - Details of BfR - Department 8: Safety in the Food Chain
- BfR - National Reference Laboratory for Escherichia coli (BfR - NRL-E. coli)- Details of BfR - NRL-E. coli
- BfR - Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments (BfR - ZEBET)- Details of BfR - ZEBET