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Programme

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08.11.2022
Programme
 2nd BfR Knowledge Dialogue "Trust during a crisis" 566.6 KB
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Registration form

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Date Title Size
27.06.2016
Application Form
 5th BfR-Summer Academy on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Food Safety 1.1 MB
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17.08.2015
Application Form
 4th BfR-Summer Academy on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Food Safety 1.1 MB
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FAQs

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Date Title
19.02.2024 Why a tiger is a hazard, but not necessarily a risk - The difference between risk and hazard

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Publications - Brochures

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Date Title Size
01.05.2024
Brochure
 Guideline for the assessment of health risks 778.7 KB
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Flyer

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Date Title Size
05.09.2022
Flyer
 10th BfR-Summer Academy 2022 1.3 MB
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16.08.2021
Flyer
 9th BfR-Summer Academy 2021 - Lecture Series 2.0 MB
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12.08.2019
Flyer
 8th BfR-Summer Academy on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Food Safety 1.9 MB
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03.07.2017
Flyer
 6th BfR-Summer Academy on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Food Safety 1.2 MB
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27.06.2016
Flyer
 5th BfR-Summer Academy on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Food Safety 716.4 KB
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17.08.2015
Flyer
 4th BfR-Summer Academy on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Food Safety 1.3 MB
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Other documents

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Date Title Size
17.08.2015
Description
 4th BfR-Summer Academy on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Food Safety 155.9 KB
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Press releases

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Date Title Keywords
31.10.2024
32/2024
 BfR Consumer Monitor: The majority of Germans are aware of the "sleep hormone" melatonin, but many are sceptical
21.10.2024
31/2024
 Mushrooms: mistakes can be fatal
16.10.2024
30/2024
 Audible “Risk”
26.09.2024
29/2024
 Button cells: Serious health damage possible for small children if swallowed
10.09.2024
28/2024
 Food additives in the spotlight
12.07.2024
22/2024
 Under the microscope from a young age
17.05.2024
16/2024
 Risk communication: lessons learnt from the pandemic
15.05.2024
14/2024
 Natural toxins in food: Many people are not aware of the health risks
27.12.2023
31/2023
 What nature's poison kitchen offers
31.10.2023
20/2023
 What does the public think about artificial sweeteners?
13.10.2023
18/2023
 Parliamentary evening at the end of the exhibition “#Krisenalltag – Kommunikation in der Pandemie”
13.07.2023
13/2023
 #Krisenalltag – Kommunikation in der Pandemie: Exhibition opens
23.06.2023
11/2023
 From the trough to the plate – why safe feed is important also for human health
08.05.2023
08/2023
 Many people concerned about microplastics
21.02.2023
03/2023
 Raw food: health risks are often underestimated
19.01.2023
01/2023
 What's in our food? The science in our cooking pots
01.12.2022
44/2022
 It's not rocket science
31.10.2022
40/2022
 A new handbook highlights six steps to successful risk communication
17.10.2022
39/2022
 Product and food safety enjoys confidence
02.11.2022
42/2022
 Why trust is essential not only in times of crisis
01.11.2022
41/2022
 Mission: Safety first - 20 years' work in protecting consumer health
11.10.2022
36/2022
 On the trail of the bees' riddle - Plant labyrinth at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment attracted young and old visitors
26.09.2022
34/2022
 Edible insects, energy drinks and antimicrobial resistance: experience consumer health protection up close
22.09.2022
33/2022
 A different kind of lesson: consumer health protection at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment - for young people
22.08.2022
30/2022
 On a discovery tour of the “BfR Nectar Hectare”: experience the bee’s everyday work with all your senses
17.08.2022
29/2022
 Working together for better food and nutrition safety
05.07.2022
26/2022
 How risky is it? New "BfR2GO" issue with cover story on 20th anniversary of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
30.06.2022
25/2022
 How super are "superfoods" really?
24.06.2022
24/2022
 How healthy is vegan? The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment at the Long Night of the Sciences
15.06.2022
22/2022
 InnoMat.Life conference presents characterisation and testing methods for innovative, as yet little researched materials
19.04.2022
13/2022
 E-Cigarettes in Test
20.04.2022
14/2022
 Fourth Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology
22.03.2022
10/2022
 Food and everyday products: What is the population concerned about?
10.02.2022
05/2022
 Pills and powders: About one third of the population takes vitamins via food supplements every week
14.12.2021
48/2021
 Fruits of fear
22.11.2021
46/2021
 More than text: With knowledge through the Covid-19 pandemic
10.11.2021
44/2021
 For safe tattoo inks: BfR event promotes exchange between scientists, lawmakers and manufacturers
29.10.2021
41/2021
 Consumer perspective: Majority considers food in Germany to be safe
07.09.2021
38/2021
 Colourful, extended shelf life, and flavourful - What does the population think about food additives?
07.07.2021
31/2021
 BfR is a well-known authority in consumer health protection
11.06.2021
26/2021
 Between fear and confidence
02.06.2021
24/2021
 A fact check on health risks
31.05.2021
21/2021
 COVID-19 communication among authorities and the media
31.05.2021
22/2021
 Plant protection products: Cause for concern?
26.04.2021
17/2021
 Consumer health protection: Majority of the population trusts science
20.01.2021
03/2021
 What's in your food: a look into the BfR MEAL Study kitchen
15.12.2020
44/2020
 Vegan diet - a question of values
26.11.2020
40/2020
 What does a crisis cost?
18.11.2020
39/2020
 Chia, goji & co. - Superfoods are part of a healthy diet for approximately half of the population
31.08.2020
28/2020
 Veganism: Vitamin B12 is well supplemented, iodine is a matter of concern
28.10.2020
35/2020
 Attention! Danger: what fear does to us
19.10.2020
34/2020
 Population currently sees coronavirus as the greatest health risk
29.04.2020
13/2020
 Consumer health protection: Over half of the population trusts state authorities
07.04.2020
09/2020
 E-cigarettes: Majority of the population sees health risks
06.12.2019
51/2019
 Study on e-cigarettes: In Germany so far no life-threatening poisoning by e-cigarette use ("vaping")
04.12.2019
50/2019
 Health risks: a picture is worth a thousand words
18.11.2019
44/2019
 An increased number of people are worried about mycotoxins in food
15.11.2019
43/2019
 "Vaping": The BfR advises against self-mixing e-liquids
17.10.2019
39/2019
 "Vaping": The BfR advises against self-mixing e-liquids
15.10.2019
37/2019
 What do people understand by risk?
29.08.2019
34/2019
 When the crisis hits: International crisis practice helps prepare for an emergency scenario
08.08.2019
28/2019
 What came before the egg? The world’s largest chicken made of plants knows the answer
13.06.2019
22/2019
 Health risks - what role does age play?
14.05.2019
16/2019
 Common diarrhoea pathogen unknown to many people
06.05.2019
14/2019
 BfR grants electronic access to files for first time
18.02.2019
08/2019
 Uncertainty - a normal part of science
05.02.2019
07/2019
 Poisoning accidents among children: free material gives information on the BfR app
19.11.2018
42/2018
 Tattoos are popular - Half of all Germans regard tattoo inks as safe
22.10.2018
33/2018
 Microplastics in food - many unanswered questions among scientists and the general public
07.05.2018
16/2018
 Majority of the population trusts state structures in consumer health protection
14.03.2018
10/2018
 Aluminium and food - almost half the population tries to avoid aluminium in everyday life
04.12.2017
48/2017
 The person behind the algorithm and the cow in a haystack: risk assessment on the big stage at the BfR Science Slam
19.10.2017
43/2017
 BfR2GO: Consumer health protection "to go"
24.10.2017
44/2017
 Risk perception of genome editing: reservations and a great demand for information
17.10.2017
42/2017
 Vegan diet as lifestyle choice and the need for risk communication
02.11.2017
45/2017
 Everyday risks at a glance - Promoting risk-literate decisions with transparent visualisations
04.10.2017
39/2017
 Germs in the kitchen: Salmonella better known than Campylobacter
29.09.2017
37/2017
 BfR school kids' university: Young people in Berlin explore consumer health protection
18.04.2017
14/2017
 Important topics of consumer health protection still widely unknown
15.11.2016
46/2016
 Between truth claims and wishful thinking - science for politics and society
02.05.2016
15/2016
 Three quarters of the population believe that food in Germany is safe
01.03.2016
10/2016
 Divergence between media reporting and scientific assessment leads to scepticism among consumers
10.02.2016
07/2016
 Energy Drinks: When do they pose a risk?
23.11.2015
36/2015
 Scientific expertise for those on the move
12.10.2015
27/2015
 The large majority of consumers believe food in Germany is safe
17.09.2015
24/2015
 Diversity instead of monotony - safe through variety
22.01.2015
03/2015
 BfR study on risk perception: the majority of German consumers believe that animal farming is the cause of antimicrobial resistance
16.10.2014
27/2014
 Online dialogue forum: consumers ask the BfR about aluminium
08.09.2014
24/2014
 Brucellosis: discovered more than 100 years ago and still a hot topic
15.08.2014
22/2014
 Advanced training and networking for experts from all over the world
27.11.2013
31/2013
 Unknown key technology: what Germans think of nanotechnology
04.11.2013
29/2013
 The BfR President responds to questions from consumers on hormonally active substances
18.09.2013
26/2013
 Protecting children from poisoning
05.09.2013
25/2013
 Information event to be staged by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin
23.07.2013
19/2013
 Globally Traded Foods: How can the health and economic risks be reduced?
19.04.2013
10/2013
 Risk at a glance
14.11.2012
39/2012
 How independent can science be?
04.10.2012
30/2012
 Shishas, tattoos and bubble tea - cool but risky?

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Selected publications

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Date Title Journal
16.12.2021 Communicating Food Risk-Benefit Assessments: Edible Insects as Red Meat Replacers frontiers in Nutrition
10.09.2021 Alkenylbenzenes in Foods: Aspects Impeding the Evaluation of Adverse Health Effects Foods
22.09.2021 Analysis of German BSE Surveillance Data: Estimation of the Prevalence of Confirmed Cases versus the Number of Infected, but Non-Detected, Cattle to Assess Confidence in Freedom from Infection. Environmental Research and Public Health
27.03.2022 Phylogeny and spatiotemporal dynamics of hepatitis E virus infections in wild boar and deer from six areas of Germany during 2013–2017 Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
31.03.2022 Standardised Sampling Approach for Investigating Pathogens or Environmental Chemicals in Wild Game at Community Hunts Animals
22.10.2022 Participatory Science Communication Through Consensus Conferences: Legitimacy Evaluations of a German Consensus Conference on Genome Editing Science Communication

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Topic pages

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Link
BfR Risk Profile
Overview of the presentations at the 14th BfR Consumer Protection Forum "Food Supplements" on 10 and 11 October 2012
Overview of the presentations at the 15th BfR Consumer Protection Forum "Aluminium in Everyday Life: A Health Risk?" on 26 and 27 November 2014
Overview of the presentations at the 1st Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology on 5 March 2015
Overview of the presentations at the 1st Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology on 6 March 2015
Overview of the presentations at the BfR Symposium "Acting in Times of Crisis and Crisis Prevention" in cooperation with ANSES (France) and National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark on 13 September 2012
Overview of the presentations at the BfR Symposium "Acting in Times of Crisis and Crisis Prevention" in cooperation with ANSES (France) and National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark on 14 September 2012
Overview of the presentations at the BfR Symposium "Insects as Food and Feed - Food of the Future?" on 24 May 2016
Overview of the presentations at the BfR symposium "The role of bioavailability in risk assessment as exemplified by trace elements" on 16 January 2013
Overview of the presentations at the BfR symposium "The role of bioavailability in risk assessment as exemplified by trace elements" on 17 January 2013
Overview of the presentations at the European Stakeholder Conference "How Independent can Science be?" on 20 November 2012
Overview of the presentations at the European Stakeholder Conference "How Independent can Science be?" on 21 November 2012
Overview of the presentations at the Workshop on data availability in REACH registrations "Mind the Gap - Data Availability in REACH Registrations" on 2 March 2015

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Third party projects

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Project
Strengthening Food Safety and Consumer Health Protection in Tunisia (Tunesien)
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2025
Deciphering the “pandemic spheres”: Government communication, (social) media discourses on and citizens’ responses to COVID-19 in Europe and the USA (DECIPHER)
01.06.2021 - 31.12.2024
Optimising risk and crisis communications for governments, agencies, and public health organisations (MIRKKOMM)
01.10.2021 - 30.09.2024
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)
01.12.2021 - 30.11.2024
Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals (PARC)
01.05.2022 - 30.04.2029
African One Health Network for Disease Prevention (ADAPT): Building capacity for communicable disease prevention across sub Saharan Africa (ADAPT)
01.02.2023 - 31.12.2027
Effective cOmbination of Phages and Antibiotics for improved TheRApy of KLEbsiella pneumoniae
01.06.2023 - 31.05.2026
Coordinated Communications (CoCo23)
16.08.2023 - 15.07.2024
Project
ENhanced COMmunication in Risk ANalysis (EnComRan)
03.09.2021 - 02.09.2023

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Communication

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Date Title Size
23.10.2024
Communication Nr. 047/2024
 What Values Does Science Hold? 162.5 KB
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18.03.2024
Communication No. 015/2024
 Tattoo colours, e-cigarettes, raw food: are there risks? 130.0 KB
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20.06.2022
BfR Communication No. 015/2022
 Ensuring safety of nanotechnologies: German-Iranian exchange at a research workshop on 9–10 June 2022 41.2 KB
PDF-File
23.01.2020
BfR Communication No 006/2020
 Working together for health: The BfR Forum discusses safe applications of plant protection products 137.2 KB
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18.12.2019
BfR Communication No 051/2019
 Exchange about flows of goods more necessary than ever 139.1 KB
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09.10.2019
BfR Communication No 039/2019
 A step closer to EU standards: strengthening consumer protection in Albania 111.5 KB
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18.01.2019
BfR Communication No 003/2019
 Mould fungus toxins and adulterated food: Students visit the BfR during MINT Week 135.7 KB
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13.12.2018
BfR Communication No 041/2018
 How can science assert itself in the age of "fake news"? 150.8 KB
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23.02.2017
BfR Communication No 001/2017
 How certain are you? The BfR supports the EFSA with a survey on the communication of scientific uncertainty 33.4 KB
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20.05.2016
BfR Communication No. 014/2016
 BfR calls for the vocational integration of refugees and is expanding its multilingual range of risk communication 32.3 KB
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Events

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Link
20 years BfR - Ceremony
2nd BfR Knowledge Dialogue "Trust during a crisis"
3rd BfR Schools at University
3rd BfR Science Slam
7th BfR stakeholder conference: "Is it fake? Science in the age of multiple truths"
BfR MEAL Study - The BfR at International Green Week 2023
Closing event of the BfR consumer conference Genome Editing
Enjoying food safely and sustainably - The BfR at International Green Week 2020
FENS Satellite-Event: How reproducible are your data?
Nutrient supply? Plate rather than pill! - The BfR at the International Green Week 2019
Use plant protection products safely and stay healthy
Workshop on Science, Communication and Society

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Videos

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  • 19.02.2024 0:21 Min
    Hazard – Risk | Exploring the distinction
    Hazard – Risk | Exploring the distinction Terms such as danger, hazard or risk are often used interchangeably in everyday language. A precise distinction is...
  • 04.03.2024 6:00 Min
    BfR-Symposium zur Risikobewertung genotoxischer Substanzen
    BfR-Symposium zur Risikobewertung genotoxischer Substanzen Unterschiedliche Ansätze zur Risikobewertung genotoxischer Substanzen diskutierten internationale Expertinnen und...

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Publikationen - Tagungsbände/Proceedings

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Date Title Size
04.06.2013
Proceedings, 13. and 14. September 2012, Published
 Acting in Times of Crisis and Crisis Prevention 5.3 MB
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