Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety
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Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety |
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| State level | Free State of Bavaria |
| position | Specialist authority |
| Supervisory authority | Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection
Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care |
| founding | January 1, 2002 |
| Headquarters | gain |
| Authority management | Andreas Zapf, President |
| Servants | approx. 1100 |
| Web presence | www.lgl.bayern.de |
The Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) is the central specialist authority of the Free State of Bavaria for food safety, health, animal health and occupational safety / product safety. It is subordinate to the Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV) , the Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care and, with the State Institute for Occupational Safety and Product Safety (AP), to the Bavarian State Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Women . The seat of the authority is Erlangen ; further offices are located in Oberschleißheim , Würzburg , Nuremberg , Munich as well as in Schwabach and Bad Kissingen .
history
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The interdisciplinary working authority was founded on January 1st, 2002 and was created on the basis of the former state investigation offices for the health system in North and South Bavaria and parts of the agricultural administration. In 2004, individual areas of the former state office for occupational safety, occupational medicine and safety technology were integrated.
goals and tasks
- Food safety
The core task is to record, assess and manage health risks for the population in advance. The LGL guarantees food safety by examining over 80,000 samples of food , cosmetics and consumer goods every year. On the basis of concepts that the LGL creates in professional exchange with numerous federal and state institutions, risk-oriented samples are taken from the on-site authorities by the food inspection department in companies and in the trade and examined at the LGL.
- health
The LGL also researches the health situation of the population in Bavaria and wants to motivate them to take responsibility for their own health-conscious behavior. To this end, it collects data to describe and monitor risks and develops prevention and action concepts.
- Animal health
The LGL follows the animal disease situation or individual animal diseases in Bavaria. Animals, for example, to parasites , bacteria and viruses studied for the prevention of diseases are vaccines developed. The veterinarians at LGL also develop concepts for animal welfare and veterinary drug monitoring.
- Occupational health and safety and product safety
A main focus is on the safety and health protection at the workplace as well as on the monitoring and inspection of technical products as well as the chemicals law . The LGL also provides technical and organizational support to the ministry and the trade supervisory authority .
research
The LGL is an authority that acts in terms of preventive consumer protection . A research goal is therefore to create the scientific basis for a modern consumer policy. Food chemistry , human medicine , veterinary medicine and molecular biology are examples of the LGL's fields of activity. These areas are subject to rapid changes in methods and a high level of knowledge gain. The application-oriented research of the LGL ensures that the analysis is always up to date. The LGL is heavily involved in scientific networks, as research projects are often carried out in cooperation with research institutions or universities.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Head of the LGL. Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, accessed on June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Tasks / responsibilities. Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, accessed on June 21, 2020 .