AGES – Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Health. Nutrition. Safety.
Our Concern.
Contact: Dr.Dr. Alois Leidwein
Research Coordination, Knowledge Transfer, AGES Academy
cooperation@ages.at
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Our Vision
“Health for Humans, Animals and Plants”
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AGES aims at
• safe food production from the soil to the fork
• effective control and prevention of epidemics for
people, animals and plants
• providing effective and safe pharmaceutical
products
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Capacity Building within the Food
Production Cycle
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Basics
Founded by federal law in 2002
Merger of 18 formerly independent institutions
Owner: Republic of Austria
represented by
Budget 2014:
124 Mio €
thereof
Basic Funding:
Earnings
73 Mio €
51 Mio €
thereof
Fees
Commercial
Research/Capacity Building
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38 Mio €
9 Mio €
3 Mio €
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AGES Structure
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Austrian Medicine &
Medical Devices Agency
Public Health
Food Safety
Animal Health
Food Security
BAES
Radiation Protection
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BASG
Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment
Risk Communication
Research & Knowledge Transfer (AGES Academy)
1) BAES: Austrian Federal Office for Food Safety (Authority)
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2) BASG: Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Healthcare (Authority)
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Premises
Food Security*
Food Safety
Veterinary Medicine
Public Health
Austrian Medicine & Medical Devices Agency
Radiation Protection
Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment
*The Department of Food Security operates several experimentation
stations in addition to its premises in Vienna and Linz.
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Data
Analytics and appraisal
~ p.a.
Tests
770.000
Analytic results
Expert opinions (food safety)
Risk assessments
Research/Capacity Building
Authorities
Decisions
of them
Authorizations
7.300.000
25.500
BASG
~ 32.500
~ 600
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BAES
~ 23.500
~ 20.500
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Staff (2014)
~ Number
Research and knowlegde Transfer Projects
ongoing (finished)
120
(45)
Staff in total
Experts
570
Publications peer reviewed
100
Assessors
290
Publications popular science
200
700
Presentations
750
Memberships in national or international
committees
Scientific staff
400
Training, workshops and symposia
100
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PhD/Univ. Prof.
1.350
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Impact orientation of AGES
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Improve the state of communicable
diseases affecting humans
Improve the state of food borne diseases
Further development of integrated risk based methods within the cycle
humans – animals – plants - soil
Freedom of animal and plant diseases
Faultless goods including feeding stuffs and water
Safe and effective medicines and medical devices
Food security and ensuring competitiveness of agricultural production,
particularly by ensuring faultless agricultural inputs
Develop research for being able to perform official tasks and current issues
Well informed and economic operators and consumers
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Strategic Research Questions
 Agro-ecology and Biodiversity
 Epidemiological models,
economic assessment
 Apiculture
 Faultless Goods and Food Safety
 Faultless Water
 Nutrition and Consumer
protection
 Food Security
 Research Infrastructures
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 Food borne diseases and
Zoonosis
 Method Development and Risk
Assessment
 Sustainable Plant Production
 Radiation Protection
 Animal Nutrition and
Feedingstuffs
 Animal Health
 Communicable diseases
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AGES-Academy
• More than 100 trainings,
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workshops and symposia
per year.
More than 4,000
participants per year.
Modern and
comfortable lecture
rooms with up to
date equipment.
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International Cooperation
1. Capacity building
2. Research projects
3. Agricultural experimentation
4. Scientific Cooperation
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1. Capacity building
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Development cooperation
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Capacity building projects
Twinnings
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA 09 IB AG 01 TWL):Strengthening of the capacities of the phytosanitary services in BiH
Bulgaria (BG/2007/IB/AG/06/UE/TWL): Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control for GMO control of seed and
propagating material
Czech Republic (CZ/06/IB/AG/08-TL): Improved Implementation of Acquis in the Area of Food Safety Surveillance
Slovakia (SK06/IB/HE/01/TL): Improving analyses and risk assessments regarding residue pesticides
Turkey TR 07 IB EN 01, Capacity strengthening and support of implementation of Nitrates Directive in Turkey (in cooperation with Austrian Environmental Agency–UBA)
Latvia (LV/2006/IB/AG-02TL): Strengthening of the capacity of the Competent Authorities on the application of food
hygiene requirements in the specific sectors of food chain, running (in cooperation with Agrarmarkt Austria -AMA)
Czech Republic (CZ/05/IB/AG/01-TL): The optimization of CISTA control activities in the field of feedingstuffs safety in
the frame of Reg (EC) 882/2004 implementation
Serbia (SR/06/IB/JH/01): Implementation of Integrated Border Management in Serbia (in cooperation with the Austrian
Agency for European Integration and Economic Development-AEI)
Lithuania (LT/2005/IB/AG01): Administration of Import/Export, Market Information System, effective use of Farm
Accountancy Data Network and Organic Agriculture (in cooperation with Agrarmarkt Austria-AMA)
Slovenia (SI/2005/IB/AG/04): Risk assessment methodology and Risk assessment in the food chain regarding
microorganisms (in cooperation with Agrarmarkt Austria-AMA)
Bulgaria (BG/2004/IB/EC/01): Strengthening of the system for health control on trade with chemical substances,
preparations and products and strengthening the capacity for control on the novel foods and novel food ingredients, and
for control on the irradiated foods and food ingredients (in co-operation with Austrian Environmental Agency–UBA)
Cyprus (CY/2003/IB/EN/01/TL): Developing of capabilities for integrated risk assessment of chemicals at State General
Laboratory (SGL)* (in co-operation with Austrian Environmental Agency–UBA),
Slovakia (SK/03/IB/EN/02): Biosafety Monitoring System (in co-operation with Umweltbundesamt–UBA)
Slovenia (SI/2003/IB/EC/02): Further development of chemical safety (in co-operation with Umweltbundesamt-UBA)
Regional Countries (West Balkan): EU-CARDS Regional Programme "Support to and Coordination of Integrated Border
Management Strategies"
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Capacity building projects
Better training for safer food
e.g.: European commission, organisation and implementation of training activities concerning
the evaluation and registration of plant protection products and control of their proper use
and marketing
Development Cooperation
Serbia: Integrated Regional Development Plan of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
(agriculture, organic agriculture)
Bilateral Projects
• Saudi Arabia: Laboratory training for experts of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (since 2010)
• Croatia: Laboratory trainings
• Lithuania (2008): Workshop – GMO in feed inspections for Lithuanian officials
• Bulgaria – TAIEX (2007): Workshop on phytosanitary inspections at import and transit
Cooperation with international organisations
• UNIDO: “Food Safety Infrastructure in Palestine - The way forward” (2010)
• UNIDO: Thai national food institute study visit (2010)
• IAEA: Bangladesh: Establishing a Veterinary Drug Residue Laboratory
Algeria: Training Laboratory “Antibiotic Residues in Food of Animal Origin”
Various countries: "Development of Radiometric and Allied Analytical Methods to
Strengthen National Residue Control Programmes for Antibiotic and Anthelmintic
Veterinary Drug Residues" (2009 - 2013)
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2. Research projects
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Research - challenges
• Climate change adaptation
• Food security
• Food safety
• Human health
• Plant health
• Animal health
• Risk Assessment
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National research projects
Examples:
• Consequences of climate change on ecosystem functions, water balance,
productivity and biodiversity of agricultural soils in the Pannonian area.
• Modelling epidemiological and economic consequences of Grapevine
Flavescence dorée phytoplasma to Austrian viticulture under a climate change
scenario
• Climate change induced invasion and socio-economic impacts of allergy-inducing
plants in Austria
• Food security risks for Austria caused by climate change
• Appearance of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera L. in Austria
• Copper as Plant Protection Product – Strategy for a sustainable use
• Development of a geo referenced exposure model for the evaluation of Plant
Protection Products regarding ground water contamination risks
• Losses of honey bee colonies during hibernation or in supposed cases of
intentional colony destruction - what were the reasons?
• Dust as an indicator for the detection of Salmonella in the Austrian production of
mixed feed in storage facilities and along the production chain
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EU research projects
UMBRELLA
Using MicroBes for the REgulation of heavy metaL mobiLity at ecosystem
and landscape scAle: an integrative approach for soil remediation by
geobiological processes
FP7-ENV-2008-1
ERINHA
European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents
FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1 FP7
PROMISE
Protection of consumers by microbial risk mitigation through combating
segregation of expertise
FP7-KBBE-2010-4
EUPHRESCO
Coordination of European Phytosanitary (Statutory Plant Health) Research
FP7-ERANET-2010-RTD
Coordination II
FP7
CATCH-C
Compatibility of Agricultural Management Practices and Types of Farming
in the EU to enhance Climate Change Mitigation and Soil Health
FP7-KBBE-2011-5
FP7
SNIFFER
Sensory devices network for food supply chain security
FP7-SEC-2012-1
FP7
SPICED
Securing the spices and herbs commodity chains in Europe against
deliberate, accidental or natural biological and chemical contamination
FP7-SEC-2012-1
FP7
Q-collect
Coordination and Collaboration between reference collections of plant
pests and diseases for EU Plant Health Policy
FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage
FP7
C-IPM
Coordinated Integrated Pest Management in Europe
FP7-ERANET-2013-RTD
FP7
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EU research projects
FATIMA
Farming Tools for external nutrient Inputs and water Management
H2020-SFS-2014-2
H2020
LANDMARK
LAND Management: Assessment, Research, Knowledge base
H2020-SFS-2014-2
H2020
H2020-SC5-2014-one-stage
H2020
HP-JA-2014 - BASG
3HP
HP-JA-2014
3HP
HP-JA-2014 - BASG
3HP
INSPIRATION
VISTART
EMERGE
COENJA2014
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Integrated Spatial Planning, land use and soil management Research
Action
Vigiliance and Inspection for the Safety of Transfusion, Assisted
Reproduction and Transplantation
Efficient response to highly dangerous and emerging pathogens at EU
level
Joint Market Surveillance Actions on medical devices intended to be resterilized focusing on information in the Instruction for use and
validation data necessary for the re-sterilisation by the user
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EFSA Studies
ongoing:
Apple-pest
Collection of data and information with ELS approach for the EU-28 regarding EU
pests and pathogens of apple fruit
RC/EFSA/ALPHA/2014/
RONDOS
Review of nonmonotonic dose-responses of substances for human risk
assessment
GP/EFSA/SCER/2014/01
PESTREP
Scientific and technical assistance on the drafting of the 2009, 2010, 2011 and
2012 Annual Reports on Pesticide Residues”, CFT/EFSA/PRAPER/2010/01
CFT/EFSA/PRAPER/2010/01
finished:
MOs_as_PPP
Literature search and data collection on RA for human health for microorganisms
used as plant protection products
OC/EFSA/PRAS/2013/02
ALPHA
Preparatory work for the pest categorization of 3 bacteria listed in the annexes
of the Council directive 2000/29/EC
NP/EFSA/ALPHA/2014/06CT01
DATA2014
Re-coding of the food descriptors of EFSA Chemical Occurrence Database and
Food Consumption Database entries according to the FoodEx2 food classification
and description system
NP/EFSA/DATA/2014/02
BIOMO2013
Updating and revising the historical datasets in EFSA's Zoonoses databases
OC/EFSA/BIOMO/2013/01
LOT 2
CaSPeRL
Case studies for the application of the Guidance of EFSA on Submission of
scientific peer-reviewed open literature for the approval of pesticide active
substances under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, using substances for which
dossiers are submitted under Regulation (EU) No 1141/2010
CFP/EFSA/PRAS/2012/01
BIOHAZARD
EFSA2 Food of plant origin with low water content (such as seeds, nuts, cereals,
and spices): production methods Food of Plant Origin: Production methods and
microbiological hazards linked to foodborne disease.”
CFT/EFSA/BIOHAZ/2012/01
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EFSA Studies
BIOMOZoonosendatenü
bermittlung
Implementation and testing of electronic submission in XML format of zoonoses,
zoonotic agents, animal population, antimicrobial resistance and food-borne
outbreaks data in the European Union
CFP/EFSA/BIOMO/2011
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PRIMA PHACIE
EFSA: Pest risk assessment for the European Community plant health: A
comparative approach with case studies
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Impact of metabolic and degradation processes on the toxicological properties of
residues of pesticides in food commodities - Tox. Residues of pesticides in food
commodities
CFP/EFSA/PPR/2008/02
WRAPSTUN
Entwicklung von Risikobewertungsrichtlinien für das Töten und Betäuben von
Tieren
CFP/EFSA/AHAW/2007/
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Development of a standard food classification and data model as a basis for the
collection of chemical occurrence data (LMSVG; GESG)
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3. Agricultural experimentatio
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Technical experimentation
Greenhouses – quarantine cabins
tissue cultures/lysimeter
Field trials
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Experimentation stations
Schönfeld
Blaustauden Hohenau
Experimentation stations
Großnondorf
Rossa
Ramsau Mallon
NiederabsdorfEichhorn
Absdorf
Wolfpassing
Pehendorf
Weikendorf
Neuaigen Gaisruck
Taufkirchen Alkoven
Zissersdorf
Reidling
Unterwölbling
Breitbrunn
Tulln
Mitterbachham
Tulbing Stammersdorf
Jetzing
Staasdorf
Pultendorf/Prinzersdorf
Rutzendorf
Pummersdorf/Hofing
Phyra
Ritzlhof EnnsNaarn
Breitstetten
Zinsenhof
Haringsee
Melk
Fraham
Gerhaus/Pachfurth
Ebergassing
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Gießhübl
Dietach
Petzenkirchen
Dt. Jahrndorf
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Unterwaltersdorf/Schranawand
Kilb
Wieselburg
Wartberg
Nickelsdorf
Frauenkirchen
Pottendorf
Albrechtsfeld
St. Andrä
Andau
Tadten
Freistadt
Trials in test stations
Field trials
Wurmbrand
Linz
Grabenegg
Winklhof
Nikitsch
Gumpenstein
Vorarlberg
Authal Kobenz
Weißkirchen
Salzburg
Tirol
St. Andrä
HörzendorfVölkermarkt
Kärnten
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Söding
Bierbaum
Tirol
Kappel
AGES Wien
Fuchsenbigl
Burgenland
Gleisdorf
Kalsdorf
Eltendorf
Paurach Stang
Hatzendorf
St. Georgen
Strass
Weinberg
Fluttendorf
Eichfeld
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Lysimeter - Research facility for
soils
Sandy Chernozem
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Deep Chernozem
Moisty Black Soil
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Lysimeter – Status quo
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Lysimeter – Measuring systems
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4. Scientific Cooperation
National Scientific Cooperation:
• ÖGE -Österreichische Gesellschaft für Ernährung (2008)
• BMLFUW und ECPGR (2012): Forschungskooperation
• BOKU (2012): Forschungskooperation
• B5 soilcompetence.at: AGES, UBA, BFW, BAW, BOKU (2005/2013): gemeinsame Projektakquisition und –
abwicklung
• VET Austria: BMG - VetMedUni (2013): Forschungsrahmen zu 6 konkreten Forschungsfragen
• FHG – Zentrum für Gesundheitsberufe Tirol GmbH (2007): FH-Praktikumsstellen
• LTER-Austria: Austrian Society for Long-term Ecological Research
• CSF - Campus Science Support Facilities GmbH
International Scientific Cooperation:
• Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany (BfR) - 2006
• Kalite Sistem Laboratories Group, Turkey (KSL) - 2003
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EC, Focal Point - 2007
• Centre for Disease Control, Taiwan - 2007
• National Institute of Public Health Maribor (ZZV Maribor) – 2008
• German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ), Germany
• European Commission - Directorate General for Health and Consumer Affairs
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Agriculture and Biotechnology -2004
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4. Scientific Cooperation
European and international partners of AGES in official and regulatory matters:
• European Commission, Brussels
• EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), Parma
• ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), Stockholm
• EMA (European Medicines Agency), London
• FVO (Food and Veterinary Office of the European Union), Dublin
• Codex Alimentarius Commission established by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
and WHO (World Health Organization)
• EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization), Paris
• JRC (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), Ispra
• Sister institutions in the various EU countries
Research networks:
• CCCA – Climate Change Centre Austria (2011)
• BIOS Science Austria (2012)
• VDLUFA – Association of German Agricultural Analytic and Research Institutes
• IOBC - International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control) / WPRS (West Palaearctic Regional
Section)
• ALVA – Alliance for Life Sciences, Food, Veterinary Expertise and Agriculture
• Foodsecurity.at
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Business Areas
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Business Area Food Security
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Seeds & Potato plant material
Plant varieties
Plant genetic resources
Soil health & Plant nutrition
Plant protection products
Plant health
Feeding stuffs
Apiculture
Specific analytics
Agricultural experimentation
Marketing standards
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National Reference Laboratories
Agricultural Reference Laboratories and
collections
• National Phytosanitary Laboratory
• Official Seed Testing Laboratory
• Official Testing Laboratory for Potato Varieties
• National Seed Bank
• National Variety List
• National Gene Bank for cereals and legumes
Specific laboratories
• Soil Laboratory
• Laboratory for feeding stuffs
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Business Area Food Safety
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Appraisal of food samples
Generating control plans for food inspection
Expertise for Codex Alimentarius and politics
Consumer goods and cosmetics
Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)
Novel food
Analytics and National Reference Laboratories
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Analytics
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Biochemistry
Pesticide residues
Veterinary drugs & hormones
Chemistry cluster (PAHs, vitamins & biomonitoring, mycotoxines)
Elements (trace elements & heavy metals,
fertilizer & plant analysis)
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Business Area Radiation Protection
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Emergency preparedness and planning
Monitoring of environmental radioactivity
Monitoring of nuclear facilities
• Radiation protection & radiochemistry
• Radioecology & radon
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Business Area Public Health
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Medical microbiology
Hygiene
Food borne diseases
Infectious diseases
Epidemology
Water (bathing, mineral and drinking waters)
National Reference Centres
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National Reference Laboratories
(acc. Regulation EC 882/2004, NRL for feed and food)
• Milk and milk products
• Zoonosis (salmonella)
• Marine biotoxines
• Monitoring the viral and bacteriological
containment of bivalve molluscs
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Staphylococcus
• E. coli
• Campylobacter
• Parasites (in particular Trichinella,Echinococcus
and Anisakis) Antimicrobial resistance
• Animal proteins in feedingstuffs
• Residues of veterinary medicines and
contaminants in food of animal
• Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy’s
(TSEs)
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• Additives for use in animal nutrition
• Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
• Material intended to come into contact with
foodstuffs
• Residues of Pesticides
• Cereals and feeding stuffs
• Food of animal origin and commodities with
high fat content
• Fruits and vegetables, including commodities
with high water and high acid content
• Single residue methods
• Heavy metals in feed
• Heavy metals in food
• Mycotoxins
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Dioxins and PCBs in feed and food
• Water content in poultry meat
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Business Area Animal Health
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Animal disease control
Zoonoses
High security laboratories L3+
Reference Laboratories
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National Reference Laboratories
(acc. Regulation EC 882/2004 & OIE, NRL for animal health
and live animals)
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Classical swine fever
African horse sickness
Avian influenza
Newcastle disease
Swine vesicular disease
Fish disease
Bivalve Mollusc Diseases
Rabies
Bluetongue
African swine fever
Foot-and mouth disease
Brucellosis
Equine infectious anaemia
Crustacean diseases
Bovine Tuberculosis
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
(TSEs)
Bovine viral diarrhoea
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Aujeszky’s disease
Psittacosis
Enzootic bovine leucosis
Peste des petits ruminants
Vesicular stomatitis
Lumpy skin disease
Sheep and goat pox
Rift valley fever
Rinderpest
Glanders
Dourine
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/Infectious
pustular vulvovaginitis
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, Porcine
Teschovirus
Para–tuberculosis
Swine vesicular disease
Parasites and p. zoonosis
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Business Area
Medicines & Medical Devices Agency
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Pharmacovigilance
Official Medicines Control Laboratory
Market authorization & Lifecycle management
Inspections, medical devices, haemovigilance
Science & Innovation
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Food and Feed Safety Authorities
in Austria
BMLFUW
BMG
(Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry, Environment
and Water Management)
(Federal Ministry of Health)
AGES
(Austrian Agency for Health
and Food Safety)
BAES
(Federal Office
for Food Safety)
Regional and local authorities
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Federal Office for Food Safety
(BAES)
Authority for implementation of following acts:
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Seeds Act
Plant propagating materials Act
Plant varieties Act
Plant protection products Act
Plant health Act
Feeding stuff Act
Fertilizers Act
Marketing standards Act
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Federal Office for Safety in Health
Care (BASG)
Authority for implementation of following acts:
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Austrian medicines Act
Medicinal products import Act
Blood safety Act
Medical devices Act
Compulsory prescription Act
Austrian tissue safety Act
Inspections according to the addictive drug Act
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AGES Services
AGES Academy
Training, further training and information events
Contact: akademie@ages.at
Product warnings
Information on product recalls and product warnings per email or RSS feed
(Subscription: www.ages.at)
Folders & Brochures
Special information & consumer tips
(Order or download: www.ages.at)
AGES Newsletter
Special information & consumer tips per email (Subscription: www.ages.at)
AGES in Social Networks
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Further requests!
Contact: Dr.Dr. Alois Leidwein
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Research Coordination, Knowledge Transfer, AGES Academy
cooperation@ages.at
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