21 Current news of BfR
rssBfR conference on the state of knowledge about the health risks of nanosilver
03-01-2012
According to industry and trade sources, nanoscale silver is the nanomaterial most often used in products intended for consumers. However, consumers are frequently not told which products actually contain nanosilver. In Europe, nanosilver is predominantly used as an antimicrobial substance in ...
The BfR organised and international symposium on the subject "Mineral Oils in Food Packaging - Developments and Solution Strategies"
10-31-2011
On 22 and 23 September 2011, about 400 representatives from the worlds of science, business and society as well as politics and government institutions discussed how food packaging made of recycled paper could be made safer. Two years ago, mineral oil contents classified as dangerous to ...
Strain from the sprouts is identical to strain from the infected patients
06-14-2011
Scientists of the National Reference Laboratory for Escherichia coli at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) have confirmed the results of the Land authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia: Raw sprouts contaminated with EHEC, which originated from the household of EHEC patients in ...
BfR research project on the intake of heavy metals and dioxins completed
01-14-2011
The final report of the research project "Foodborne exposure to environmental contaminants" (LExUKon) is now available. In this project scientists of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) have calculated, together with colleagues from the Research and Advisory Institute for ...
BfR and LGL develop test systems
12-10-2010
Experts deal with the development of analytical methods for the detection of allergenic substances in foods at a joint event of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL) which ends today in Berlin. The labelling of allergens on ...
BfR stakeholder conference explores the opportunities and limits of state risk prevention
12-04-2009
When are we sufficiently protected from danger? Does the state ensure that risks are kept to a minimum? The question about how far state risk prevention can go and the degree of safety that state measures can, may and must offer is raised not only in the field of consumer health protection. ...
BfR Symposium on Zoonoses and Food Safety
11-19-2009
Around 200 scientists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland came together at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin to discuss the current situation in the field of zoonoses, control strategies and prevention. Zoonosis control is dependent on close cooperation between ...
ZEBET celebrates its anniversary with an international symposium at BfR in Berlin
10-28-2009
The Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments (ZEBET) celebrated its 20th birthday with a symposium at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin. When it was founded in 1989, ZEBET was the first state research institute in the world with a ...
BfR research project on the development of innovative analytical methods
09-22-2009
The Food Safety Department of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is working on the development of a rapid test to detect allergenic substances in food. Within the framework of a research project supported by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ...
BfR recommends replacement of animal experiments with chemical-analytical methods
09-14-2009
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated regulatory limits and detection methods for biotoxins in mussels. Up to now an animal experiment in mice had been prescribed as the reference method. Strategies for the control of these toxins in mussels are now to be deliberated by the ...
