BfR Annual Report 2015

The assessments are presented in a transparent and

easy-to-understand manner. The findings are made pub-

licly accessible on the BfR website while maintaining the

confidentiality of protected data. At expert hearings, sci-

entific conferences and consumer forums, the institute

enters into a dialogue with representatives from politics,

science, associations, trade and industry, NGOs and the

media.

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From a possible danger to objective assessment – a simplified description of the risk assessment procedure

Hazard

identification

Hazard

description

Risk

characterisation

Identification

of potential source

of hazard

Assessment

of human exposure

Characterisation

of concrete risk

Assessment report

Exposure

estimation

Characterisation

of hazard potential

The BfR has published a guideline for health assessments

in the field of consumer protection which formulates the

demands on risk assessments at the BfR:

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