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The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is a scientific institution within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV). It advises the federal government and federal Länder on questions of food, chemical and product safety. BfR engages in research on topics that are closely linked to its assessment tasks.

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06-Feb-2025 | science

Tattoo inks: How much colour gets into the body?

Evaluate possible health risks of potentially hazardous chemicals in tattoo ink more accurately in the future

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13-Jul-2022 | science

How do cells react to micro- and nanoplastics?

Plastic particles could also bind potentially harmful substances to themselves and introduce them into the cell as a "Trojan horse"

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17-Dec-2019 | science

More efficient risk assessment for nanomaterials

Researchers analyse biological mechanisms of action and identify biomarkers

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28-Jan-2019 | science

Do chemicals make you fat?

The EU research project EDCMET is investigating the effect of endocrine disruptors on metabolism

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14-Sep-2018 | science

Science learns from its mistakes too

A mathematical model shows that even seemingly inconclusive studies speed up the gain in knowledge

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19-Apr-2017 | science

Study analyses foods for radioactive substances

In cooperation with the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the Federal Office for Radioactive Protection (BfS) is to analyse foods prepared ...

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09-Dec-2016 | politics & laws

EFSA and BfR to work jointly on global food safety tools

Trace-back and predictive modelling tools for use during food safety outbreaks and created by scientific teams led by the German Federal Institute for Risk ...

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06-Dec-2016 | science

New procedures to authenticate foods as a step towards standardisation

Whether it is olive oil from Apulia, Pata Negra ham from Spain or 12-year-old single-malt whisky from the Scottish Orkney Islands - all these products are ...

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15-Nov-2016 | science

Old and new challenges for food safety

The occurrence of zoonotic pathogens and toxigenic bacteria in the food chain and the associated risk for humans were the focus of the "4th Symposium for ...

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24-Aug-2016 | science

Oil spills off the German coast

The quest for the best combat strategy

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13-Jul-2015 | politics & laws

The risk potential of hormonally active substances is to be comprehensively characterised

BfR proposes further EU criteria to identify endocrine disruptors

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15-Jun-2015 | science

Rice and rice products contain high levels of inorganic arsenic

The BfR recommends investigating possibilities of minimising the levels of arsenic in rice products

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13-Mar-2015 | science

New data from a BfR human study: no cyanide risk resulting from the consumption of marzipan and persipan

A human study conducted by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) enables more differentiated risk assessment of cyanide exposure following the ...

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20-Feb-2015 | science

Adulterated foods investigated: modern analytical methods verify that foods are genuine

BfR hosts the European conference of Food Law Enforcement Practitioners (FLEP)

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30-Jul-2014 | science

Avoiding toxic gases from the pellet bunker

Making storage rooms for wood pellets safe by taking suitable measures

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