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
5
2019/04/01 - 2022/03/31
Development and validation of new methods for the qualitative detection and quantification of fish, crustacea and molluscs besides of insects as potential food allergens (AQUALLERG-ID)
2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31
Center of Excellence for Digitalization of microbial food safety risk assessment and quality parameters for accurate food authenticity certification (FoodHub)
Human, animal and environmental health (One Health)
18
2017/08/01 - 2020/07/31
Strengthening public health by understanding the epidemiology of rodent-borne diseases (RoBoPub)
2017/09/01 - 2020/08/31
One Health interventions to prevent zoonotic spread of antimicrobial multidrug-resistant bacterial microorganisms (#1Health-PREVENT)
2017/09/01 - 2020/08/31
Preventing and combating campylobacter infections: on track towards a One Health approach (PAC-Campy)
2018/01/01 - 2022/12/31
Promoting One Health in Europe through joint actions on foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging microbiological hazards (One Health EJP)
2019/01/01 - 2021/12/31
Integrated genomic surveillance of zoonotic pathogens (IGS-Zoo)
2019/03/01 - 2022/02/28
Integrated genome based surveillance of salmonellae (GenoSalmSurv)
2019/03/01 - 2022/02/28
Characterization of chronic hepatitis E in Germany: molecular epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical aspects (CHED)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
FARMED: Fast Antimicrobial Resistance and Mobile-Element Detection using metagenomics for animal and human on-site tests
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/31
MetaPath - Incorporation of Pesticide Residue Data (MetaPath)
2020/01/01 - 2022/07/01
Building integrative tools for OneHealth Surveillance (EJP BeONE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
Toxoplasma gondii sources quantified (EJP TOXOSOURCE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
PARAsite Detection, Isolation and Evaluation (EJP PARADISE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
Biosecurity practises for pig farming across Europe (EJP BIOPIGEE)
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)
2020/04/01 - 2022/03/31
Impact of biocides on the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli(BiozAR)
exposure estimation and assessment of biological risks
13
2017/10/01 - 2020/10/31
Joint Action on Tobacco Control (JATC)
2018/05/01 - 2021/04/30
Antigens and Reassortant Strains for Rotaviruses Circulating in Africa (AfRota)
2018/06/01 - 2021/05/31
Stability and inactivation of hepatitis E virus in food and the environment (hepatitis E virus)
2018/06/01 - 2021/05/31
Stability and inactivation of hepatitis E virus in food and the environment
2018/09/01 - 2021/10/31
Use of UV/UV-LED radiation for reduction of microorganisms on eggs (UVegg)
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31
Small Fish and Food Security: Towards innovative integration of fish in African food systems to improve nutrition (SmallFishFood)
2019/10/01 - 2023/09/30
Food Nutrition Security Cloud (FNS-Cloud)
2016/03/01 - 2019/02/28
Characterisation of the zoonotic potential of poultry rotaviruses (Rotaviren)
safety of national and international value chains
10
2016/03/01 - 2020/02/29
Safe Food and Feed through an Integrated ToolBox for Mycotoxin Management (MyToolBox)
2016/05/01 - 2019/04/30
Food safety and resilience of food supply chains in biohazard situations (Ess-B.A.R.)
2016/07/01 - 2019/08/31
Staphylococcus (S.) aureus in the dairy food chain in Zambia - combating foodborne disease and antimicrobial resistance in humans (SAD-Zambia)
2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31
Accelerating user-driven e-infrastructure innovation in food and agriculture (AgINFRA+)
2017/03/01 - 2019/04/30
Risk assessment tools for the safety of global food and feed supply chains
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
8
2016/04/01 - 2020/04/30
Risk characterisation of ciguatera food poisoning in Europe to determine the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of ciguatera cases in Europe (EuroCigua)
2018/12/01 - 2021/11/30
PFAA and Precursors Soil Plant Contamination (PROSPeCT)
2019/01/01 - 2022/12/31
Boosting Crop Growth using Natural Product and Synthesis Enabled Solar Harvesting (Boost Crop)
2015/05/01 - 2019/05/31
European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix)
2018/05/01 - 2019/02/28
Exposure pathways for lead (BLEI)
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
7
2017/06/01 - 2020/05/31
Investigation of hepatotoxic and genotoxic potential as well as metabolism of food-relvant pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA2)
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
2016/07/01 - 2019/08/31
Identification of the structure-dependent toxicity of hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA1)
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
2016/01/01 - 2021/12/31
Determination of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in feed materials and compound feed by LC-MS/MS
2017/01/01 - 2021/12/31
European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU)
2012/02/01 - 2016/01/31
Total Diet Study Exposure (TDS_Exposure)
Alternatives to animal experiments
8
2017/02/01 - 2020/01/31
Transfer of the LivSys in vitro system for hepatotoxicity into application (LivSys-Transfer)
2018/04/01 - 2021/03/31
3R-Schooling for Methodological Approaches to Reduce Animal Tests (3R-SMART)
2018/12/01 - 2022/11/30
Interdisciplinary training network for advancing Organ-on-a-chip technology in Europe (EUROoC)
2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31
Severity assessment from an animal's point of view
2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31
Investigation of mixture effects of pesticides in vitro (Combiomics 2)
2008/04/01 - 2013/09/30
Embryonic Stem cell-based Novel Alternative Testing Strategies (ESNATS)
functional analytic and early risk detection
4
2017/04/01 - 2020/04/30
Determination of metrics of emerging risk (DEMETER)
2011/01/01 - 2014/12/31
Model Integrated Risk for Allergy, Bayesian Estimation for Life quality (MIRABEL)
Feed safety
2
2018/01/01 - 2020/01/31
Communication inside Risk Assessment and Risk Management (COMRISK)
2011/03/01 - 2014/08/31
Quality and Safety of Feeds and Foods for Europe (QSAFFE)
nanotechnology: detection, toxicology, risk assessment and risk perception
20
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31
Analytical and Characterisation Excellence in nanomaterial risk assessment: A tiered approach (ACEnano)
2018/01/01 - 2021/06/30
Grouping, Read-Across, CharacterIsation and classificatiOn framework and strategies for regUlatory risk assessment of manufactured nanomaterials and Safer design of nano-enabled products (GRACIOUS)
2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31
The European Nanotechnology Community Informatics Platform: Bridging data and disciplinary gaps for industry and regulators (NanoCommons)
2019/01/01 - 2022/12/31
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)
2019/04/01 - 2022/03/31
Innovative materials and new production processes: Safety in the life cycle and industrial value added (InnoMatLife)
2020/09/01 - 2022/08/31
Engineered Nanomaterials: Novel Approaches for Risk Assessment and Safe-by-Design (NanoRiskSD)
2015/09/01 - 2019/02/28
Development and implementation of Grouping and Safe-by-Design approaches within regulatory frameworks (NANoREG 2)
2015/12/01 - 2019/02/28
Establishing nanomaterial grouping/classification strategies according to toxicity and biological effects for supporting risk assessment (NanoToxClass)
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
7
2017/05/01 - 2022/04/30
SafeConsumE - Safer food through changed consumer behavior: Effective tools and products, communication strategies, education and a food safety policy reducing health burden from foodborne illnesses (SafeConsumE)
2019/03/01 - 2021/03/31
Novel foods as red meat replacers - an insight using Risk Benefit Assessment methods (NOVRBA)
2020/04/01 - 2023/03/31
Towards harmonised test methods for nanomaterials (NanoHarmony)
2018/01/01 - 2019/07/31
Organisation of an international scientific conference on uncertainty (UncWorkshop)
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
