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Annual Report 2014
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International Research Conference
on brucellosis
Even though brucellosis is only a rare occurrence in
central and northern Europe due to consistent moni-
toring, up to 500,000 cases of the disease are still
reported every year around the world. This means
that even 100 years after it was first discovered, this
infectious disease is still one of the most common
zoonoses. For this reason, an exchange takes place
every year among international experts at a brucello-
sis conference. In 2014, the BfR organised the event
in cooperation with the Friedrich Loeffler Institute,
including the 67
th
Annual Brucellosis Meeting of the
International Brucellosis Society. The approximately
250 guests gathered information on the latest results
of brucellosis research and discussed them at numer-
ous lectures and poster presentations.
During this two-week event, 26 international scientists from
eleven different countries studied the principles of health risk
assessment and risk communication which the BfR pursues
in the field of food safety. In the workshops, the participants
focused on food hygiene, residues, contaminants, risk as-
sessments of chemicals and the subsequent adequate com-
munication thereof to the general public. For the guests, the
goal was to conduct their own risk assessments and commu-
nicate the results. International harmonisation of assessment
strategies is being sought by passing on the results to the
participants' home countries.
Third BfR-Summer School
on the subject of food safety
18–29 August 2014
9–12 September 2014
How does risk assessment work? In the BfR Summer
School, scientists of various nationalities learn the
principles of risk assessment and risk communication.
