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Further training event for the
public health service
Increased international standardisation and communi-
cation between national bodies of various countries is
necessary to ensure the safety of food and consumer
products in globalised markets. With this goal in mind,
participants from 18 countries from China to Uruguay
studied the principles of risk assessment and risk com-
munication at the fourth BfR-Summer Academy. To deep-
en the knowledge previously conveyed in presentations,
the participants got involved in workshops in which they
were able to apply individual case examples from their
own countries.
The further training event for the public health service
was conducted once again in 2015 in cooperation with
the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and Federal Environment
Agency (UBA) at the BfR location in Marienfelde. As in pre-
vious years, public health service staff were able to catch
up with current topics from the work areas of the three
institutes. There were presentations on tobacco products
and e-cigarettes, for example, as well as on drinking water
hygiene. In addition to this, the German Commission for
Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention at the RKI pre-
sented its new and revised recommendations.
25 –27 March 2015
17– 28 August 2015
4
th
BfR-Summer Academy
About the BfR
Scientists of different nationalities exchanged information
and experiences on the principles of risk assessment and
communication at the BfR-Summer Academy.
The further training event for the public health service was
conducted once again in 2015 in cooperation with the RKI
and UBA.
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