Risk Assessment Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2002 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAct on the establishment of a Federal Office for Risk Assessment. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Institution Risk assessment/management Disasters Food quality control/food safety Consumer protection Public health Hygiene/sanitary procedures GMO Early warning system/emergency intervention system Data collection/reporting Animal feed/feedstuffs Pesticides Hazardous substances Transport/storage Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, 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 Full text German Website www.bmj.de