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T The NRL system in GermanyExperiences and outlook

Stefan Weigel

S. Weigel, 2016-07-04, Cursos de verano 2016

Germany within the Global Food / Feed Safety NetworkRISK COMMUNICATION

Codex Alimentarius Commission & Member States

FAO & WHOExpert Committees

Global

Europe

Germany

RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT

BMEL


16 Federal States (called „Länder“) with

their own governments and parliaments

their own state constitutions

different sizes (404 km2 – 70,000 km2)

different numbers of inhabitants (660,000 – 18 million)

very different financial possibilities

Common Administration Instructions (AVV) for coordination and standardization

The Federal Republic of Germany

POLAND


Coordination of food control within one region

(not in every state, not same duties)

Coordination for each state, Law making

Sampling, Inspection, Enforcement

16 „States“ 22 Administrativ districts 429 Districts and district free cities

Control institutions

State Offices

Analysis, Expert reports

Food Safety Control in Germany


Distribution of NRL (882/2004) in Germany

• BfR: 14 NRL (viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs; Campylobacter; E. coli; Listeria monocytogenes; Trichinella; Antimicrobial resistance; Zoonoses/Salmonella; marine biotoxins; dioxins & PCB, mycotoxins; food contact materials; animal proteins in feed; feed additives)

• BVL: 5 NRL (residues 96/23/EC group A5 and B2 a, b, e; GMO; pesticides; PAH; heavy metals)

• MRI: 1 NRL (milk and milk products)

• FLI: 1 NRL (TSE)


National Reference Laboratories according Regulation (EG) 882/2004

1. NRL for the Analysis and Testing of Zoonoses (Salmonella)2. NRL for Monitoring the Viral and Bacteriological Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs3. NRL for Coagulase-positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus4. NRL for Campylobacter5. NRL for Escherichia coli including Verotoxin-producing E. coli6. NRL for Listeria monocytogenes7. NRL for Trichinella8. NRL for Antibiotic Resistance

9. NRL for Animal Proteins in Feed10. NRL for the Monitoring of Marine Biotoxins11. NRL for Dioxins and PCBs in Food and Feed12. NRL for Mycotoxins13. NRL for Additives for Use in Animal Nutrition14. NRL for Food Contact Materials

Reference Laboratories at BfR


Services of NRLs

• Symposia, workshops

• Training courses

• Comparative tests (ring trials)

• Provision of SOPs and validation reports

• Distribution of reference materials

• Technical and scientific support


Production of incurred reference materials

Experimental stable (BSL 2 standard)

Slaughterhouse Food technology

Cattle stable

Milk technology


Research & development at BfR NRLs

• Method development and validation• Regular participation in research projects

• EFFORT - “Ecology from farm to fork of microbial drug resistance and transmission” (EU FP7, 2013-2018)

• “Risk characterisation of ciguatera food poisoning in Europe” (GP/EFSA/AFSCO/2016), coordinated by AECOSAN

• ENGAGE – “Establishing Next Generation Sequencing ability for genomic analysis in Europe” (GP/EFSA/AFSCO/2015/01/CT1)

• Animal ID: Development and validation of innovative methods for the traceability andauthentification of animal proteinin feed and food


Collaboration & Communication

• Vertical communication• EURL ↔ NRL ↔ official national labs

• Annual EURL meetings• provision of information (top – down)• feedback (bottom-up)• collaborative approach EURL-NRLs, science based, sharing of

tasks, joint development of solutions• participation of EURL in national NRL-official lab meetings (e.g.

mycotoxins, dioxins) view on challenges of routine labs• NRL-official labs: regular symposia/workshops, grouped by

microbiological and chemical analytical NRL; scientific & technical support

• Horizontal communication• between official national labs on same topic• between different NRLs in same member state• between NRLs of same topic in different member states


Communication

Communication platforms• Germany: FIS-VL

• depository for information• access by governmental institutions• high security requirements


Communication

Communication platforms• Future platform

• one portal for all EURL?• interactive• providing possibilities for horizontal communication

• discussion forums/groups• cross-border networking between EURL, NRL, official

control labs (both for institutions as for staff members) • posting of offers/requests for international

collaboration between NRL• possibility to address horizontal issues of inter-RL

importance, e.g. quality assurance, legislation


Issues for collaboration

• NRL comparitive tests• For some ring trials the number of participants is too

low• participation of official labs in EURL ring trials• collaboration with commercial proficiency test providers• organisation of ring trials with official labs from several

member states• Collaboration between NRL across borders

• clustering of expertise• provision of services and support for NRLs in start-up

phase or for topics of limited relevance in a specific country• cooperation agreements of BfR NRL marine biotoxins with

respective NRLs in e.g. Slovakia and Czech Republic


Issues for collaboration

• Reference materials• sharing of RM across borders• establishing a platform to post offers/requests• repository at EURLs or IRMM?

• Third countries• advice and support in setting up NRL systems• implementing analytical standards according to EU

requirements for import

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T Thank you for your attention

Stefan Weigel

Federal Institute for Risk AssessmentMax-Dohrn-Str. 8-10 10589 Berlin, GERMANYTel. +49 30 - 184 12 - 0 Fax +49 30 - 184 12 - 47 [email protected] www.bfr.bund.de

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