Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety

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Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety
- LAVES -

Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg
State level country
position Higher regional authority
Supervisory authority Lower Saxony Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
founding July 1, 2001
Headquarters Oldenburg , Lower SaxonyLower SaxonyLower Saxony 
Authority management Eberhard Haunhorst , President
Deputy Head Barbara Woltmann , Vice President
Web presence www.laves.niedersachsen.de

The Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (LAVES) is a higher state authority in the business area of ​​the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and employs around 1,000 people.

Areas of responsibility

The tasks in consumer health protection include:

  • all official tests for substances that could affect human health from food and feed, animals, commodities (objects of daily life such as dishes, toys or cosmetics)
  • Control of feed companies
  • Monitoring of the veterinary pharmacies and implementation of the minimization of antibiotics in livestock husbandry
  • Advice and support for local authorities in all questions of food control , cross-border trade in food of animal origin, animal health and animal welfare
  • Approval of companies such as animal carcass disposal companies , fish processing companies, slaughterhouses or dairies
  • Market surveillance
  • Monitoring of eco-control posts
  • Animal testing matters
  • Inquiries under the Consumer Information Act
  • Risk communication
  • Anonymous reporting office
  • Media oversight
  • Tobacco products

The LAVES is the contact point of the state of Lower Saxony for

  • the EU rapid alert system for feed and food
  • for the central office "G @ ZIELT" in the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) to monitor internet trade
  • the Central Office for Food Fraud (BVL)

Structural classification

LAVES was founded with the aim of identifying health risks for consumers at an early stage and of combating them effectively and in good time. Since July 1, 2001, the former state examination offices for food and veterinary diagnostics have been merged in the state office. In 2003 the newly founded animal feed institute followed and in 2004 the institute for apiculture in Celle was added.

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Regional Development defines the consumer protection policy principles for the state . The consumer protection tasks are coordinated in LAVES. The local food control and veterinary authorities carry out this on site. The specialist departments advise the responsible authorities in the districts on issues relating to food monitoring, animal disease control and the removal of animal by-products, animal welfare and inland fishing. They control veterinary house pharmacies, the implementation of the antibiotic minimization concept in animal husbandry, the feed industry, organic farming as well as compliance with quality standards, quality characteristics and trade classes for agricultural products.

Locations

LAVES is represented at the following locations:

  • Oldenburg : Food and veterinary institute, specialist departments: food monitoring and cross-border trade, task force consumer protection, veterinary drug monitoring / residue control service, animal disease control / removal of animal by-products, task force veterinary affairs, animal welfare service, feed monitoring, market monitoring, organic farming, technical experts
  • Braunschweig : Food and Veterinary Institute
  • Celle : Institute for Apiculture
  • Cuxhaven : Institute for Fish and Fishery Products
  • Hanover : Food and veterinary institute, specialist departments for inland fishing and fisheries science service
  • Lüneburg : Institute for consumer goods
  • Stade : Animal feed institute

Press and public relations

The press and public relations department provides consumers and the media with comprehensible, up-to-date, dialogue-oriented and quick information on all aspects of consumer health protection, food safety and animal health in Lower Saxony. The laves.niedersachsen.de website is one of the most important components in LAVES communication. The LAVES also provides information via Twitter .

education

The LAVES trains chemical laboratory technicians , biology laboratory technicians , official veterinarians , food chemists , food inspectors and animal farmers (specialist in beekeeping) and administrative clerks.

Quality management

The LAVES works according to the quality management system introduced in 2006 on the basis of the uniform quality management system in Lower Saxony organizations of consumer health protection - EQUINO . The state office is certified according to the quality management standard DIN EN ISO 9001 .

Web links

Commons : Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.laves.niedersachsen.de/wir_ueber_uns/praesident/praesident-des-laves-73767.html
  2. ↑ http://www.laves.niedersachsen.de/aktuelles/presse/presseinformationen/presseseinformation-neue-vizepraesidentin-barbara-woltmann-nnahm-taetigkeit-im-laves-auf-167689.html
  3. ↑ http://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/Drucksachen/Drucksachen_14_5000/3501-4000/14-3738.pdf