Risk Assessment Act. País/Territorio Alemania Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2002 (2013) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAct on the establishment of a Federal Office for Risk Assessment. Materia Ganado, Alimentación y nutrición, Cultivos, Desechos y sustancias peligrosas Palabra clave Institución Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Peligros Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Protección del consumidor Salud pública Higiene/procedimientos sanitarios Organismo genéticamente modificado (OGM) Sistema de alerta temprana Recopilación de datos/informes Alimentos para animales/piensos Plaguicidas Sustancias peligrosas Transporte/depósito Área geográphica Alpes, Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Mar del Norte, Atlántico Nordeste, Europa Occidental Resumen 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. Texto completo Alemán Página web www.bmj.de