Unit Residues

Unit 81 also operates the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Dioxins and PCBs in Food and Feed, which serves as a link between the Reference Laboratory of the European Union (EURL) and the institutions in the German states responsible for food monitoring.

The Unit develops analytical methods for the detection of substances in food and feed in the areas of trace analysis of dioxins and PCBs as well as veterinary drugs.

The Unit is supported in its work by the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Committee for Pharmacologically Active Substances and Veterinary Drugs.

The staff of the Unit are involved in the work of various national bodies.

The health assessments are prepared on the basis of Regulation (EU) No. 37/2010 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin, the German Contaminants Regulation (KmV) and the EU Contaminants Regulation (Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006).