Website of the Federal Office of Consumer protection and Food Safety

Ensuring Consumer Protection

Our Core Mission

Explore our new international brochure to discover how we proactively engage in consumer protection and food safety every day, for the benefit of consumers.

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Managing Risks – Protecting Consumers

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) fulfils many tasks in the area of food safety. The aim of the BVL is to make the communication of risks more transparent and to manage risks before they turn into crises.

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Many topics, one goal

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) fulfils many tasks in the area of food safety. The aim of the BVL is to make the communication of risks more transparent and to manage risks before they turn into crises.

News

The Federal Office

History of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)

The history of food surveillance in Germany began in 1876 with the establishment of the Imperial Health Office in Berlin. Then came the Reich's Health Office in 1918 and the Federal Health Office in 1952.

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Events

Workshop Aufklärung lebensmittelbedingter Krankheitsausbrüche

Fortbildung für Mitarbeiter/innen aus Lebensmittel- und Veterinärüberwachungsbehörden

Uhrzeit: 10:00 - 16:30 Uhr

Address: Gerichtstr. 49, 13347 Berlin

Quo vadis Pflanzenschutzmittel-Zulassung?

Strategien identifizieren, Erkenntnisse umsetzen, Handeln gestalten

Uhrzeit: 13:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Address: Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig

International Training for Safer Food 2025

Online-Training

Uhrzeit: 12:30 - 15:30 Uhr

Reports (in English)

Pesticide residues in food 2022

National reporting 2022 Federal Republic of Germany – condensed version

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Pesticide residues in food 2021

National reporting 2021 Federal Republic of Germany – condensed version

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Pesticide residues in food 2020

National reporting 2020 Federal Republic of Germany – condensed version

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Pesticide residues in food 2019

National reporting 2019 Federal Republic of Germany – condensed version

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Pesticide residues in food

National reporting 2018 Federal Republic of Germany – condensed version

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Pesticide residues in food

National reporting 2017 Federal Republic of Germany – condensed version

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Pesticide residues in food

National reporting 2016 Federal Republic of Germany – condensed version

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