Das Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit pressmaster/Fotolia

Our tasks

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.

Managing Risks – Protecting Consumers

Many paths – one goal

Safe food

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Feed

Healthy fed animals – safe food

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Consumer products

Risk management from A to Z

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Plant protection products

Critically examined - plant protection products

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Veterinary medicines

Effective and safe veterinary medicines – healthy animals

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Tierarzneimittel Marcus Gloger - BVL

Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering – check carefully, approve safely

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Laboratories

Analyses at the highest level

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