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Risk Assessment Act.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002 (2013)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Act on the establishment of a Federal Office for Risk Assessment.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Institution Risk assessment/management Hazards Food quality control/food safety Consumer protection Public health Hygiene/sanitary procedures Genetically modified organism (GMO) Early warning system Data collection/reporting Animal feed/feedstuffs Pesticides Hazardous substances Transport/storage
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Act establishes a Federal Risk Assessment Office. Its aim is to make food, substances and products safer thus helping to protect the health of consumers. The three main areas of its work - food safety, product safety and chemicals safety - encompass a wide range of topics, such as: biological safety of foods and zoonosis; hygiene in the food sector; food ingredients; nutrition risks, genetically modified foods, contamination of food with environmental toxins, feed safety, pesticides and biocides, intoxications, safe transport of toxic substances, nanotechnology in food, consumer products and alternative methods to animal experiments. Furthermore, the Federal Risk Assessment Office provides 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 rendering science visible to and beneficial for consumers.

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de