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Message definition (Germany:Germany)
In Germany, risk assessment and risk management are institutionally separated at the federal level. However, at the regional level (i.e. the 16 federal states), risk assessment and risk management are not institutionally separated. Food safety laws are enacted at the federal level, but competence for official food control lies with the federal states.

Regional and local levels

Institutions involved in the EFSA network pursuant to Article 36 Reg. (EC) No. 178/2002
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung – BfR) (EFSA Focal Point)
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz – BfN)
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) – Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants (Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen)
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit – BVL)
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit)
Max Rubner-Institut (MRI), Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food (Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ernährung und Lebensmittel)
German Nutrition Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung – DGE)
Research Institute of Child Nutrition (Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung – FKE)
German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA)

Germany consists of 16 federal states, with large individual differences with regard to the size of each state (between approximately 1 and 18 million inhabitants per state). The 16 federal states of Germany are, in principle, responsible for implementation of the law. Implementation of food and feed safety is therefore the responsibility of the federal states. In this task the federal states are independent, i. e. not bound by instructions of the federal government.