Risk Assessment Act. Pays/Territoire Allemagne Type du document Législation Date 2002 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAct on the establishment of a Federal Office for Risk Assessment. Sujet Bétail, Alimentation et nutrition, Plantes cultivées, Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Institution Évaluation/gestion des risques Risques Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Protection du consommateur Santé publique Hygiène/procédures sanitaires Organisme génétiquement modifié (OGM) Système d'alerte précoce Collecte de données/déclarations Aliments pour animaux Pesticides Substances dangereuses Transport/dépôt Aire géographique Alpes, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Mer du Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Ouest Résumé 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. Texte intégral Allemand Site web www.bmj.de