Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety

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The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety is a German federal authority responsible for ensuring food safety, monitoring consumer products, and supporting risk assessment to protect public health.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal agency
government organization
regulatory authority
abbreviation BVL
appliesToJurisdiction Germany
continent Europe
cooperatesWith European Food Safety Authority
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
country Germany
employerOf administrative staff
civil servants
scientists
governmentBranch executive branch of Germany
hasPurpose protection of animals in the food chain
protection of consumers
protection of the environment in relation to food and feed
headquartersLocation Berlin
Braunschweig
inception 2002
jurisdiction Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalForm federal higher authority
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lower Saxony
nativeLabel Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit
oversightOf implementation of EU food law in Germany
parentOrganization Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
partOf German consumer protection system
German food safety control system
regulates feed products
food products
plant protection products
veterinary medicinal products
responsibility authorization of plant protection products
authorization of veterinary medicinal products
coordination of EU-wide rapid alert systems in food safety
coordination of food and feed monitoring
coordination of national residue control plans
ensuring food safety
monitoring consumer products
protecting public health
supporting risk assessment
sector consumer protection
food safety
public health
shortName BVL
subordinateTo Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
website https://www.bvl.bund.de

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Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture supervises Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
BMEL oversees Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety nativeLabel Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit