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Food safety is globalised – BfR cooperations
Cooperation agreements in preparation
Chile, Czech Republic, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Vietnam
Cooperation without an agreement
All EU countries, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Bahrain, Belarus, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iran,
Israel, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Norway, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,
Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Zambia
Cooperation with partner institutions takes the form of
mutual visits, joint symposiums, the exchange of infor-
mation and the training of scientists at the BfR within the
scope of initiatives such as the BfR Summer Academy.
BfR employees are also sent out to support the partner
countries with know-how in the build-up of capacities in
the field of food safety within the scope of twinning pro-
jects or bilateral agreements.
Cooperation with the European Food Safety Authority
(EFSA) deserves a special mention at this point. The BfR
is represented in many EFSA committees, thus making a
decisive contribution towards food safety in Europe. As
the EFSA Focal Point, the BfR coordinates the exchange
of scientific information between EFSA and the authori-
ties responsible for food and feed safety in Germany, as
well as players from trade and industry, politics, science
and consumer associations.
i The BfR's EU Almanac, the third edition of which is
now available, gives information on the structures and
institutions of food safety in 35 European countries
and on a European level. The German edition has been
translated into English, Chinese, French and Spanish:
INFORMATIONS
Almanach de l'UE en ma-
tière de sécurité alimentaire
2014|2015 信息
欧盟食品安全年鉴
2014|2015
Existing cooperation
agreements
Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria,
China, Croatia, Cyprus,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Hungary, Iceland,
India, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania,
Montenegro, Netherlands,
Poland, Portugal, Russia,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Uruguay
and EFSA (Focal Points)