The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) researches and communicates sustainable and value-adding solutions in the areas of food and health for the benefit of society and industry.

The institute’s tasks are carried out in a unique interdisciplinary cooperation between the disciplines of nutrition, chemistry, toxicology, microbiology, epidemiology and technology.

The institute serves as a National Reference Laboratory for chemical and microbiological food contamination pursuant to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004. Furthermore, the National Food Institute is also the EU Reference Laboratory for Pesticides in Cereals and Feedstuffs, for Processing Contaminants in Food, for Metal and Nitrogenous Compounds and for Antimicrobial Resistance. The institute also serves as the WHO collaboration centre for antimicrobial resistance for foodborne pathogens and for food contamination monitoring – and as FAO collaborating centre for Antimicrobial Resistance.

Providing scientific advice and risk assessment to the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration is one of the institute’s core assignments and is based on the strong scientific competence and expertise within the institute.