Third party projects of the BfR
The following pages show current third party projects of the BfR - as partner or as coordinator. The results of the research activities are directly used for the statements and therefore as part of the political consulting of the institute.
The projects are structured to the following key aspects:
- Research on authenticity testing of food and feed
- Research on human, animal and environmental health (One Health)
- Research on exposure estimation and assessment of biological risks
- Research on the safety of national and international supply chains
- Research on the detection of contaminants and for the assessment of chemical risks
- Research on modern methods in toxicology
- Research to harmonise and standardise assessments of exposure
- Research on alternatives to animal experiments
- Research on functional analytics and early risk detection
- Research on feed safety
- Research on nanotechnology: detection, toxicology, risk assessment and risk perception
- International collaboration
Keywords
Authenticity testing of food and feed
5
Human, animal and environmental health (One Health)
33
2020/03/01 - 2023/02/28
CHANCE - Profiling Campylobacter from High selection Areas for the development of a Novel alert tool to meet the global Challenge of Enforced antimicrobial resistance (Chance)
2020/04/01 - 2023/03/31
Landuse, biodiversity and rodent-borne pathogens (Biodiversitäts-Exploratorien)
2020/09/01 - 2023/08/31
Establishment and validation of analytical methods for the detailed analysis of allergen profiles in foodstuffs and for the individual characterisation of its allergenic effect in patients (Allergen-Pro)
2020/11/15 - 2023/11/14
Development and implementation of technological procedures for the reduction of microbial contaminants in the poultry and pig slaughtering process (KontRed)
2021/03/01 - 2023/03/31
SARS-CoV2 Research Integration and Preparedness - (COVRIN)
2021/04/01 - 2025/03/31
POLYRISK: Understanding human exposure and health hazard of micro- and nanoplastic contaminants in our environment (POLYRISK)
2021/06/01 - 2024/12/31
Deciphering the “pandemic spheres”: Government communication, (social) media discourses on and citizens’ responses to COVID-19 in Europe and the USA (DECIPHER)
2021/09/01 - 2024/08/31
Zoonotic potential of rat hepatitis E virus in Germany (ZoRaHED)
2021/10/01 - 2024/09/30
Optimising risk and crisis communications for governments, agencies, and public health organisations (MIRKKOMM)
2021/10/01 - 2024/09/30
Joint Action on Tobacco Control (JATC2)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
Use of phage applications to combat MRSA at the sow-piglet interface to reduce exposure of staff and contamination of the environment (PHAGE-EX)
2022/05/01 - 2025/12/31
Amoebae as a possible ecological niche of atypical Brucella species and fitness ground for preparation of macrophage infection (BruceFit4Infect)
2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30
Holistic approach for tackling food systems risks in a changing global environment (HOLiFOOD)
2022/10/01 - 2025/09/30
New strategies to reduce disease incidence in organic broiler farming with special consideration of the gut microbiome (Pro-Bio-Huhn)
2022/10/01 - 2025/09/30
New strategies to reduce disease incidence in organic broiler farming with special consideration of the gut microbiome (Pro-Bio-Huhn)
2023/02/01 - 2027/12/31
African One Health Network for Disease Prevention (ADAPT): Building capacity for communicable disease prevention across sub Saharan Africa (ADAPT)
2023/06/01 - 2026/05/31
Effective cOmbination of Phages and Antibiotics for improved TheRApy of KLEbsiella pneumoniae
2018/01/01 - 2022/12/31
Promoting One Health in Europe through joint actions on foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging microbiological hazards (One Health EJP)
2019/03/01 - 2022/02/28
Characterization of chronic hepatitis E in Germany: molecular epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical aspects (CHED)
2019/03/01 - 2022/02/28
Integrated genome based surveillance of salmonellae (GenoSalmSurv)
2020/01/01 - 2022/07/01
Building integrative tools for OneHealth Surveillance (EJP BeONE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
PARAsite Detection, Isolation and Evaluation (EJP PARADISE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
Toxoplasma gondii sources quantified (EJP TOXOSOURCE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
One Health harmonization of protocols for detection of Foodborne Pathogens and AMR Determinations (EJP OH-Harmony CAP)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
FARMED: Fast Antimicrobial Resistance and Mobile-Element Detection using metagenomics for animal and human on-site tests
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
Discovering the sources of Salmonella, Campylobacter, VTEC and antimicrobial resistance (EJP DISCoVeR)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
Full-length sequencing for an enhanced EFFORT to map and understand drivers and reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance (EJP FULLFORCE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
Biosecurity practises for pig farming across Europe (EJP BIOPIGEE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
Identification of emerging Brucella species: new threats for human and animals (EJP IDEMBRU)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
The role of free extracellular DNA in dissemination of antimicrobial resistance over ecosystem boundaries along the food/feed chain (EJP FED-AMR)
2020/04/01 - 2022/03/31
Impact of biocides on the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli(BiozAR)
exposure estimation and assessment of biological risks
17
2019/10/01 - 2023/09/30
Food Nutrition Security Cloud (FNS-Cloud)
2021/09/01 - 2023/08/31
Critical appraisal tools (CATs) for evaluation of the evidence from human observational epidemiological studies and further use in weight-of-evidence approaches (EvaRisk)
2021/10/15 - 2024/10/24
Future scenarios for consumer protection based on food quality and safety information, innovative measurement methods and artificial intelligence (Zukunftslabor2030)
2022/02/01 - 2025/01/31
Antigens and Reassortants for Rotaviruses Circulating in Africa (AfRota) (2nd project period) (AfRota)
2022/03/01 - 2025/02/28
Comparative metabolism of 2-monochloropropane-1,3-diol (2-MCPD) and 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) in rats and humans (Metabolismus von chlorierten Propandiolen in Ratte und Mensch)
2022/04/01 - 2025/12/31
KI- & Daten-Akzelerator (KIDA)
2022/08/01 - 2027/01/31
MicRisk2030 A novel path for microbial risk assessment towards sustainable food systems: employing AI-based risk management concepts from Stochastic Finance (MicRisk2030)
2022/09/12 - 2025/09/11
EuroCigua II - SA 2 - Epidemiology of Ciguatera poisoning in the European Union (EuroCigua II)
2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30
A JOINED-UP APPROACH TO THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING FOOD SAFETY HAZARDS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS (FOODSAFER)
2023/03/01 - 2025/02/28
Impacts of Biocides and Environmental Factors on Conjugative Transfer of Plasmid-Encoded Resistance Genes
2023/04/03 - 2026/03/31
Associations between internal exposure to perfluorinated substances (PFAS) and the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes in the EPIC-Potsdam study
2023/06/01 - 2024/05/31
Stability of hepatitis E virus in meat products
2020/07/01 - 2022/06/30
Pathogen behaviour and epidemiology of Leptospira (RoboPub 2)
safety of national and international value chains
11
2021/06/01 - 2024/05/30
Digital Technologies for Food Safety Decision Support (FoodDecide)
2021/06/22 - 2023/06/21
Data collection tool for tracing purposes in the context of urgent scientific advice (DataColl)
2021/06/23 - 2023/06/22
Food & feed classification for tracing purposes (FoodClass)
2021/09/03 - 2023/09/02
ENhanced COMmunication in Risk ANalysis (EnComRan)
2022/11/29 - 2024/12/28
Making FCL Software fit for purpose - SA12
2022/11/29 - 2024/12/28
AI tool on automatic data extraction from RASFF -SA10
2013/12/01 - 2018/11/30
Ecology from Farm to Fork Of microbial drug Resistance and Transmission (EFFORT)
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31
Ensuring the Integrity of the European Food chain (Food Integrity)
detection of contaminants and for the assessment of chemical risks
11
2020/12/15 - 2023/12/14
RUEDIS as an information management tool and database for pesticide residues trials and processing studies data (RUEDIS)
2021/06/01 - 2026/05/31
Innovative Tools for Assessment and Authentication of chicken and beef meat, and dairy products' QualiTies (INTAQT)
2021/06/01 - 2023/06/20
Risk Assessment Strategies for Contaminants in Seafood (RASCS)
2022/08/22 - 2023/12/21
Second update of the EU database of processing factors for pesticide residues
2019/01/01 - 2022/12/31
Boosting Crop Growth using Natural Product and Synthesis Enabled Solar Harvesting (Boost Crop)
2020/02/01 - 2022/12/31
Contamination status evaluation and safety aspect exploration for an intensified utilization of edible insects in Kenya (ContamInsect)
2020/11/01 - 2022/05/31
First update of the EU database of processing factors for pesticide residues (Processing)
2015/05/01 - 2019/05/31
European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix)
2013/10/01 - 2015/06/30
Occurrence of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in food (GP/EFSA/CONTAM/2013/03)
2009/01/01 - 2014/06/30
North Sea Ballast Water Opportunity (Ballast Water)
Modern methods in toxicology
16
2019/01/01 - 2023/12/31
Metabolic effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: novel testing METhods and adverse outcome pathways (EDCMET)
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30
ITN PERFORCE3
2021/06/01 - 2026/05/31
RISK assessment of chemicals integrating HUman centric Next generation Testing strategies promoting the 3Rs (RISK-HUNT3R)
2021/12/01 - 2024/11/30
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)
2022/01/20 - 2023/12/31
Exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for extracting and integrating data obtained through New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for chemical risk assessment (AI4NAM)
2022/03/16 - 2024/03/15
Skin enrichment of nickel-specific T cell clonotypes in allergic contact dermatitis (Hautbiopsien)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
PARC - NGTx Disruption (PARC-NGTxC)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
PARC - Metabolic Disruption (PARC MDC)
2022/05/01 - 2029/04/30
Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals (PARC)
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
Hazard identification and hazard characterisation of the mycotoxins enniatins and Alternaria toxins in order to close data gaps and improve risk assessment for human health (PARC - Mycotoxins)
2022/06/20 - 2024/06/19
Extension of the EFSA Pesticides Genotoxicity Database - SA08 (EFSA GenotoxDB)
2022/01/03 - 2022/07/31
EFSA Spido RaceMiC (RaceMic)
2013/11/01 - 2015/10/31
Investigation of mixture effects of pesticides in vitro (Combiomics)
2013/12/01 - 2015/11/30
Modelling of the "toxome" of cultivated human hepatocytes
harmonise and standardise assessments of exposure
4
2019/10/25 - 2023/10/24
Novel tools for test evaluation and disease prevalence estimation, HARMONY (COST Harmony)
2023/04/01 - 2026/12/31
Rubber additives in consumer products
2012/02/01 - 2016/01/31
Total Diet Study Exposure (TDS_Exposure)
Alternatives to animal experiments
14
2020/06/01 - 2023/05/31
Validation of an impedance-based test for eye damage which allows the identification of all GHS categories (ImAI)
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29
Deferoxamine (DFO/Desferal®) to accelerate bone healing and treat fracture healing disorders (PROOF-DESFERAL)
2021/05/01 - 2023/05/01
"3R and animal welfare for farm animals: where is the difference"
2021/10/18 - 2025/10/17
Improving biomedical research by auTomated bEhAvior moniToring In the aniMal home-cagE (TEATIME)
2021/11/01 - 2025/10/31
PANORAMIX - Science-based risk assessment of real-life chemical mixture scenarios across regulatory boundaries
2022/02/01 - 2025/01/31
The role of xenoestrogens and GPER receptor for centrosome amplification and chromosomal instability in colorectal cancer cells
2022/06/01 - 2024/06/30
External Validity of the Wildling Mouse Model in Health and Disease (C3R HeaD)
2022/07/01 - 2024/06/30
3D Bioprinting of humanized liver model for infection and cancer studies (EC3R)
2018/12/01 - 2022/11/30
Interdisciplinary training network for advancing Organ-on-a-chip technology in Europe (EUROoC)
2021/10/01 - 2022/11/30
Summer School on Open Research and Ethics in Life Sciences
2008/04/01 - 2013/09/30
Embryonic Stem cell-based Novel Alternative Testing Strategies (ESNATS)
functional analytic and early risk detection
4
2011/01/01 - 2014/12/31
Model Integrated Risk for Allergy, Bayesian Estimation for Life quality (MIRABEL)
Feed safety
3
2011/03/01 - 2014/08/31
Quality and Safety of Feeds and Foods for Europe (QSAFFE)
nanotechnology: detection, toxicology, risk assessment and risk perception
20
2019/01/01 - 2023/02/28
From management to governance: risk and the needs of nanotechnology (Gov4Nano)
2019/01/01 - 2023/02/28
Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Modelling Platform for NanoInformatics (NanoInformaTIX)
2020/04/01 - 2023/03/31
Towards harmonised test methods for nanomaterials (NanoHarmony)
2020/09/01 - 2023/08/31
Engineered Nanomaterials: Novel Approaches for Risk Assessment and Safe-by-Design (NanoRiskSD)
2021/01/01 - 2025/01/31
HARMLESS- Advances High Aspect Ratio and Multicomponent materials: towards comprehensive intelligent testing and Safe-by-Design Strategies (HARMLESS)
2023/04/04 - 2027/03/31
NAMS4NANO: Integration of New Approach Methodologies results in chemical risk assessments: Case studies addressing nanoscale considerations. - LOT 3: Methodological and generic case studies (NAMS4NANO LOT3)
2013/11/01 - 2017/10/31
Development of methods and standards supporting the implementation of the Commission recommendation for a definition of a nanomaterial (NanoDefine)
2014/03/01 - 2017/02/28
Determining factors of the toxicity in intestine and liver for two similar sized nanoparticles used in food and packaging: In vitro and in vivo investigation on uptake and mechanisms involved (SolNanoTox)
2014/11/01 - 2017/10/31
Design criteria for sustainable nanomaterials (DENANA)
2013/03/01 - 2016/08/31
A common European approach to the regulatory testing of nanomaterials (NANoREG)
2010/03/01 - 2013/02/28
Safety evaluation of manufactured nanomaterials by characterisation of their potential genotoxic hazard (Nanogenotox)
2010/08/01 - 2013/10/31
Nanostructured Materials - health, exposure and material properties (NanoGEM)
2011/02/01 - 2015/01/31
A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing (QualityNano)
2012/05/01 - 2014/10/31
Monitoring public opinion on Nanotechnology in Europe (Nanopinion)
International collaboration
14
2019/01/01 - 2023/12/31
Boosting Uganda's Investments in Livestock Development (ILRI-BMZ BUILD Uganda)
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31
Strengthening Food Safety and Consumer Health Protection in Tunisia (Tunesien)
2021/11/01 - 2024/10/31
Strengthening the New Zealand combat against Yersiniosis
2022/11/29 - 2024/07/31
Critical appraisal tool (CAT) for the evaluation of evidence from animal observational epidemiological studies and Test of a risk modelling tool (Rrisk) in the context of EFSA - SA13 (EFSA FPA SA 013)
2023/05/16 - 2024/11/15
Capacity Building European Excellence Label (EEL)
2023/08/16 - 2024/07/15
Coordinated Communications (CoCo23)
2017/05/01 - 2022/04/30
SafeConsumE - Safer food through changed consumer behavior: Effective tools and products, communication strategies, education and a food safety policy reducing health burden from foodborne illnesses (SafeConsumE)
2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30
MATRIX: Connecting dimensions in One-Health surveillance (EJP MATRIX)
2021/02/01 - 2022/01/31
Configuration of the IUCLID database for use of dossier evaluation of active substances in plant protection products by MS (IUCLID)
2021/03/01 - 2022/08/31
Microplastics: Understanding public perceptions in the area of food and feed safety and improvement of relevant risk communication
2021/09/01 - 2022/08/31
EFSA EU-FORA Programme 2021/2022
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31
Germany's national focal point on technical and scientific matters (EFSA focal point)
2008/05/01 - 2013/12/31
