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Stefan Weigel
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Germany within the Global Food / Feed Safety NetworkRISK COMMUNICATION
Codex Alimentarius Commission & Member States
FAO & WHOExpert Committees
Global
Europe
Germany
RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT
BMEL
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16 Federal States (called „Länder“) with
their own governments and parliaments
their own state constitutions
different sizes (404 km2 – 70,000 km2)
different numbers of inhabitants (660,000 – 18 million)
very different financial possibilities
Common Administration Instructions (AVV) for coordination and standardization
The Federal Republic of Germany
POLAND
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Coordination of food control within one region
(not in every state, not same duties)
Coordination for each state, Law making
Sampling, Inspection, Enforcement
16 „States“ 22 Administrativ districts 429 Districts and district free cities
Control institutions
State Offices
Analysis, Expert reports
Food Safety Control in Germany
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Distribution of NRL (882/2004) in Germany
• BfR: 14 NRL (viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs; Campylobacter; E. coli; Listeria monocytogenes; Trichinella; Antimicrobial resistance; Zoonoses/Salmonella; marine biotoxins; dioxins & PCB, mycotoxins; food contact materials; animal proteins in feed; feed additives)
• BVL: 5 NRL (residues 96/23/EC group A5 and B2 a, b, e; GMO; pesticides; PAH; heavy metals)
• MRI: 1 NRL (milk and milk products)
• FLI: 1 NRL (TSE)
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National Reference Laboratories according Regulation (EG) 882/2004
1. NRL for the Analysis and Testing of Zoonoses (Salmonella)2. NRL for Monitoring the Viral and Bacteriological Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs3. NRL for Coagulase-positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus4. NRL for Campylobacter5. NRL for Escherichia coli including Verotoxin-producing E. coli6. NRL for Listeria monocytogenes7. NRL for Trichinella8. NRL for Antibiotic Resistance
9. NRL for Animal Proteins in Feed10. NRL for the Monitoring of Marine Biotoxins11. NRL for Dioxins and PCBs in Food and Feed12. NRL for Mycotoxins13. NRL for Additives for Use in Animal Nutrition14. NRL for Food Contact Materials
Reference Laboratories at BfR
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Services of NRLs
• Symposia, workshops
• Training courses
• Comparative tests (ring trials)
• Provision of SOPs and validation reports
• Distribution of reference materials
• Technical and scientific support
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Production of incurred reference materials
Experimental stable (BSL 2 standard)
Slaughterhouse Food technology
Cattle stable
Milk technology
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Research & development at BfR NRLs
• Method development and validation• Regular participation in research projects
• EFFORT - “Ecology from farm to fork of microbial drug resistance and transmission” (EU FP7, 2013-2018)
• “Risk characterisation of ciguatera food poisoning in Europe” (GP/EFSA/AFSCO/2016), coordinated by AECOSAN
• ENGAGE – “Establishing Next Generation Sequencing ability for genomic analysis in Europe” (GP/EFSA/AFSCO/2015/01/CT1)
• Animal ID: Development and validation of innovative methods for the traceability andauthentification of animal proteinin feed and food
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Collaboration & Communication
• Vertical communication• EURL ↔ NRL ↔ official national labs
• Annual EURL meetings• provision of information (top – down)• feedback (bottom-up)• collaborative approach EURL-NRLs, science based, sharing of
tasks, joint development of solutions• participation of EURL in national NRL-official lab meetings (e.g.
mycotoxins, dioxins) view on challenges of routine labs• NRL-official labs: regular symposia/workshops, grouped by
microbiological and chemical analytical NRL; scientific & technical support
• Horizontal communication• between official national labs on same topic• between different NRLs in same member state• between NRLs of same topic in different member states
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Communication
Communication platforms• Germany: FIS-VL
• depository for information• access by governmental institutions• high security requirements
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Communication
Communication platforms• Future platform
• one portal for all EURL?• interactive• providing possibilities for horizontal communication
• discussion forums/groups• cross-border networking between EURL, NRL, official
control labs (both for institutions as for staff members) • posting of offers/requests for international
collaboration between NRL• possibility to address horizontal issues of inter-RL
importance, e.g. quality assurance, legislation
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Issues for collaboration
• NRL comparitive tests• For some ring trials the number of participants is too
low• participation of official labs in EURL ring trials• collaboration with commercial proficiency test providers• organisation of ring trials with official labs from several
member states• Collaboration between NRL across borders
• clustering of expertise• provision of services and support for NRLs in start-up
phase or for topics of limited relevance in a specific country• cooperation agreements of BfR NRL marine biotoxins with
respective NRLs in e.g. Slovakia and Czech Republic
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Issues for collaboration
• Reference materials• sharing of RM across borders• establishing a platform to post offers/requests• repository at EURLs or IRMM?
• Third countries• advice and support in setting up NRL systems• implementing analytical standards according to EU
requirements for import
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T Thank you for your attention
Stefan Weigel
Federal Institute for Risk AssessmentMax-Dohrn-Str. 8-10 10589 Berlin, GERMANYTel. +49 30 - 184 12 - 0 Fax +49 30 - 184 12 - 47 [email protected] www.bfr.bund.de