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Laboratories
Analyses at the highest level
In order to reach uniform standards in food control throughout the European Union, the National and EU Reference Laboratories collaborate in a network. The BVL hosts one European Union and eight National Reference Laboratories for certain residues and contaminants as well as for genetically modified organisms. Furthermore, the BVL is responsible for publishing the Official Collection of Methods of Analysis. The resistance monitoring of pathogenic agents in animals is another of the BVL's tasks.
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Who does what?
With its eight National Reference Laboratories (NRL) and one European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL), the BVL is a competent point of contact for questions of residue analysis, method development, quality assurance and antibiotic resistance as …
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Reference laboratories
In order to reach uniform standards in food control throughout the EU, the reference laboratories (National and EU Reference Laboratories) collaborate with the official food control laboratories in a network. Within this network the laboratories …
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National resistance monitoring
Resistant bacteria are a threat to the health of humans and animals, since they may limit the therapeutic options available in the treatment of infectious diseases. Bacteria which are not only resistant to one antibiotic, but no longer respond to …
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Official Collection of Methods of Analysis
According to § 64 of the German Food and Feed Code (LFGB), § 38 of the German Tobacco Products Act (TabakerzG) and § 28b of the German Genetic Engineering Act (GenTG), the BVL has the legal mandate to publish an official collection of methods of …
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Accreditation and quality assurance
The implementation of a (quality) management system is an approved means to render work processes transparent and reproducible, to ensure their continuous improvement and, by way of accreditation according to an internationally recognised scheme, to …
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