Third party projects of the BfR
The following pages show current third party projects of the BfR - as partner or as coordinator. The results of the research activities are directly used for the statements and therefore as part of the political consulting of the institute.
The projects are structured to the following key aspects:
- Research on authenticity testing of food and feed
- Research on human, animal and environmental health (One Health)
- Research on exposure estimation and assessment of biological risks
- Research on the safety of national and international supply chains
- Research on the detection of contaminants and for the assessment of chemical risks
- Research on modern methods in toxicology
- Research to harmonise and standardise assessments of exposure
- Research on alternatives to animal experiments
- Research on functional analytics and early risk detection
- Research on feed safety
- Research on nanotechnology: detection, toxicology, risk assessment and risk perception
- International collaboration
Keywords
Authenticity testing of food and feed
3
Human, animal and environmental health (One Health)
22
2021/04/01 - 2025/03/31
POLYRISK: Understanding human exposure and health hazard of micro- and nanoplastic contaminants in our environment (POLYRISK)
2021/06/01 - 2024/12/31
Deciphering the “pandemic spheres”: Government communication, (social) media discourses on and citizens’ responses to COVID-19 in Europe and the USA (DECIPHER)
2021/09/01 - 2024/08/31
Zoonotic potential of rat hepatitis E virus in Germany (ZoRaHED)
2021/10/01 - 2024/09/30
Optimising risk and crisis communications for governments, agencies, and public health organisations (MIRKKOMM)
2021/10/01 - 2024/09/30
Joint Action on Tobacco Control (JATC2)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
Use of phage applications to combat MRSA at the sow-piglet interface to reduce exposure of staff and contamination of the environment (PHAGE-EX)
2022/05/01 - 2025/12/31
Amoebae as a possible ecological niche of atypical Brucella species and fitness ground for preparation of macrophage infection (BruceFit4Infect)
2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30
Holistic approach for tackling food systems risks in a changing global environment (HOLiFOOD)
2022/10/01 - 2025/09/30
New strategies to reduce disease incidence in organic broiler farming with special consideration of the gut microbiome (Pro-Bio-Huhn)
2022/10/01 - 2025/09/30
New strategies to reduce disease incidence in organic broiler farming with special consideration of the gut microbiome (Pro-Bio-Huhn)
2023/02/01 - 2027/12/31
African One Health Network for Disease Prevention (ADAPT): Building capacity for communicable disease prevention across sub Saharan Africa (ADAPT)
2023/06/01 - 2026/05/31
Effective cOmbination of Phages and Antibiotics for improved TheRApy of KLEbsiella pneumoniae
2023/11/06 - 2027/11/05
NAM projects in the areas of AOP development and transcriptomics for risk assessment - LOT 2
2024/01/01 - 2027/12/31
Joint Action Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections 2
2024/01/01 - 2030/12/31
EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP ON ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (EUP_AHW)
2020/03/01 - 2023/02/28
CHANCE - Profiling Campylobacter from High selection Areas for the development of a Novel alert tool to meet the global Challenge of Enforced antimicrobial resistance (Chance)
2020/04/01 - 2023/03/31
Landuse, biodiversity and rodent-borne pathogens (Biodiversitäts-Exploratorien)
2020/09/01 - 2023/08/31
Establishment and validation of analytical methods for the detailed analysis of allergen profiles in foodstuffs and for the individual characterisation of its allergenic effect in patients (Allergen-Pro)
2020/11/15 - 2023/11/14
Development and implementation of technological procedures for the reduction of microbial contaminants in the poultry and pig slaughtering process (KontRed)
2021/03/01 - 2023/03/31
SARS-CoV2 Research Integration and Preparedness - (COVRIN)
exposure estimation and assessment of biological risks
16
2021/10/15 - 2024/10/24
Future scenarios for consumer protection based on food quality and safety information, innovative measurement methods and artificial intelligence (Zukunftslabor2030)
2022/02/01 - 2025/01/31
Antigens and Reassortants for Rotaviruses Circulating in Africa (AfRota) (2nd project period) (AfRota)
2022/03/01 - 2025/02/28
Comparative metabolism of 2-monochloropropane-1,3-diol (2-MCPD) and 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) in rats and humans (Metabolismus von chlorierten Propandiolen in Ratte und Mensch)
2022/04/01 - 2025/12/31
KI- & Daten-Akzelerator (KIDA)
2022/08/01 - 2027/01/31
MicRisk2030 A novel path for microbial risk assessment towards sustainable food systems: employing AI-based risk management concepts from Stochastic Finance (MicRisk2030)
2022/09/12 - 2025/09/11
EuroCigua II - SA 2 - Epidemiology of Ciguatera poisoning in the European Union (EuroCigua II)
2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30
A JOINED-UP APPROACH TO THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING FOOD SAFETY HAZARDS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS (FOODSAFER)
2023/03/01 - 2025/02/28
Impacts of Biocides and Environmental Factors on Conjugative Transfer of Plasmid-Encoded Resistance Genes
2023/04/03 - 2026/03/31
Associations between internal exposure to perfluorinated substances (PFAS) and the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes in the EPIC-Potsdam study
2023/06/01 - 2024/05/31
Stability of hepatitis E virus in meat products
2019/10/01 - 2023/09/30
Food Nutrition Security Cloud (FNS-Cloud)
safety of national and international value chains
11
2021/06/01 - 2024/05/30
Digital Technologies for Food Safety Decision Support (FoodDecide)
2022/11/29 - 2024/12/28
Making FCL Software fit for purpose - SA12
2022/11/29 - 2024/12/28
AI tool on automatic data extraction from RASFF -SA10
2021/06/22 - 2023/06/21
Data collection tool for tracing purposes in the context of urgent scientific advice (DataColl)
2021/06/23 - 2023/06/22
Food & feed classification for tracing purposes (FoodClass)
2021/09/03 - 2023/09/02
ENhanced COMmunication in Risk ANalysis (EnComRan)
2013/12/01 - 2018/11/30
Ecology from Farm to Fork Of microbial drug Resistance and Transmission (EFFORT)
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31
Ensuring the Integrity of the European Food chain (Food Integrity)
detection of contaminants and for the assessment of chemical risks
9
2021/06/01 - 2026/05/31
Innovative Tools for Assessment and Authentication of chicken and beef meat, and dairy products' QualiTies (INTAQT)
2024/02/26 - 2025/03/08
Maintaining the processing factor database and preparing for its migration to IUCLID
2020/12/15 - 2023/12/14
RUEDIS as an information management tool and database for pesticide residues trials and processing studies data (RUEDIS)
2021/06/01 - 2023/06/20
Risk Assessment Strategies for Contaminants in Seafood (RASCS)
2022/08/22 - 2023/12/21
Second update of the EU database of processing factors for pesticide residues
2015/05/01 - 2019/05/31
European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix)
2013/10/01 - 2015/06/30
Occurrence of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in food (GP/EFSA/CONTAM/2013/03)
2009/01/01 - 2014/06/30
North Sea Ballast Water Opportunity (Ballast Water)
Modern methods in toxicology
16
2021/06/01 - 2026/05/31
RISK assessment of chemicals integrating HUman centric Next generation Testing strategies promoting the 3Rs (RISK-HUNT3R)
2021/12/01 - 2024/11/30
Coordination of the German National Hub within the framework of the European partnership "Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals (PARC)" by a National Hub Contact Point (NHCP) (PARC-NHCP)
2022/03/16 - 2024/03/15
Skin enrichment of nickel-specific T cell clonotypes in allergic contact dermatitis (Hautbiopsien)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
Hazard identification and hazard characterisation of the mycotoxins enniatins and Alternaria toxins in order to close data gaps and improve risk assessment for human health (PARC - Mycotoxins)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
PARC - NGTx Disruption (PARC-NGTxC)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
PARC - Metabolic Disruption (PARC MDC)
2022/05/01 - 2029/04/30
Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals (PARC)
2022/06/20 - 2024/06/19
Extension of the EFSA Pesticides Genotoxicity Database - SA08 (EFSA GenotoxDB)
2019/01/01 - 2023/12/31
Metabolic effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: novel testing METhods and adverse outcome pathways (EDCMET)
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30
ITN PERFORCE3
2013/11/01 - 2015/10/31
Investigation of mixture effects of pesticides in vitro (Combiomics)
2013/12/01 - 2015/11/30
Modelling of the "toxome" of cultivated human hepatocytes
harmonise and standardise assessments of exposure
5
2023/04/01 - 2026/12/31
Rubber additives in consumer products
2023/08/28 - 2025/10/13
Evaluation of new evidence on Non-Dietary Exposure to Plant Protection Products
2019/10/25 - 2023/10/24
Novel tools for test evaluation and disease prevalence estimation, HARMONY (COST Harmony)
2012/02/01 - 2016/01/31
Total Diet Study Exposure (TDS_Exposure)
Alternatives to animal experiments
12
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29
Deferoxamine (DFO/Desferal®) to accelerate bone healing and treat fracture healing disorders (PROOF-DESFERAL)
2021/10/18 - 2025/10/17
Improving biomedical research by auTomated bEhAvior moniToring In the aniMal home-cagE (TEATIME)
2021/11/01 - 2025/10/31
PANORAMIX - Science-based risk assessment of real-life chemical mixture scenarios across regulatory boundaries
2022/02/01 - 2025/01/31
The role of xenoestrogens and GPER receptor for centrosome amplification and chromosomal instability in colorectal cancer cells
2022/06/01 - 2024/06/30
External Validity of the Wildling Mouse Model in Health and Disease (C3R HeaD)
2022/07/01 - 2024/06/30
3D Bioprinting of humanized liver model for infection and cancer studies (EC3R)
2020/06/01 - 2023/05/31
Validation of an impedance-based test for eye damage which allows the identification of all GHS categories (ImAI)
2021/05/01 - 2023/05/01
"3R and animal welfare for farm animals: where is the difference"
2008/04/01 - 2013/09/30
Embryonic Stem cell-based Novel Alternative Testing Strategies (ESNATS)
functional analytic and early risk detection
4
Feed safety
3
2011/03/01 - 2014/08/31
Quality and Safety of Feeds and Foods for Europe (QSAFFE)
nanotechnology: detection, toxicology, risk assessment and risk perception
18
2021/01/01 - 2025/01/31
HARMLESS- Advances High Aspect Ratio and Multicomponent materials: towards comprehensive intelligent testing and Safe-by-Design Strategies (HARMLESS)
2023/04/04 - 2027/03/31
NAMS4NANO: Integration of New Approach Methodologies results in chemical risk assessments: Case studies addressing nanoscale considerations. - LOT 2: Risk assessment case studies (NAMS4NANO LOT2)
2019/01/01 - 2023/02/28
From management to governance: risk and the needs of nanotechnology (Gov4Nano)
2019/01/01 - 2023/02/28
Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Modelling Platform for NanoInformatics (NanoInformaTIX)
2020/04/01 - 2023/03/31
Towards harmonised test methods for nanomaterials (NanoHarmony)
2020/09/01 - 2023/08/31
Engineered Nanomaterials: Novel Approaches for Risk Assessment and Safe-by-Design (NanoRiskSD)
2013/11/01 - 2017/10/31
Development of methods and standards supporting the implementation of the Commission recommendation for a definition of a nanomaterial (NanoDefine)
2014/03/01 - 2017/02/28
Determining factors of the toxicity in intestine and liver for two similar sized nanoparticles used in food and packaging: In vitro and in vivo investigation on uptake and mechanisms involved (SolNanoTox)
2014/11/01 - 2017/10/31
Design criteria for sustainable nanomaterials (DENANA)
2013/03/01 - 2016/08/31
A common European approach to the regulatory testing of nanomaterials (NANoREG)
2010/03/01 - 2013/02/28
Safety evaluation of manufactured nanomaterials by characterisation of their potential genotoxic hazard (Nanogenotox)
2010/08/01 - 2013/10/31
Nanostructured Materials - health, exposure and material properties (NanoGEM)
2011/02/01 - 2015/01/31
A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing (QualityNano)
2012/05/01 - 2014/10/31
Monitoring public opinion on Nanotechnology in Europe (Nanopinion)
International collaboration
10
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31
Strengthening Food Safety and Consumer Health Protection in Tunisia (Tunesien)
2021/11/01 - 2024/10/31
Strengthening the New Zealand combat against Yersiniosis
2022/11/29 - 2024/07/31
Critical appraisal tool (CAT) for the evaluation of evidence from animal observational epidemiological studies and Test of a risk modelling tool (Rrisk) in the context of EFSA - SA13 (EFSA FPA SA 013)
2023/05/16 - 2024/11/15
Capacity Building European Excellence Label (EEL)
2023/08/16 - 2024/07/15
Coordinated Communications (CoCo23)
2019/01/01 - 2023/12/31
Boosting Uganda's Investments in Livestock Development (ILRI-BMZ BUILD Uganda)
2023/08/03 - 2023/09/30
Organisational implementation of the final workshop of the "DataColl" and "FoodClass" project
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31
Germany's national focal point on technical and scientific matters (EFSA focal point)
2008/05/01 - 2013/12/31