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Facilities, products or food can also pose health risks. Detecting these and thus protecting the health of consumers is the task of consumer protection.

Formalities

Here you will find information about formalities related to this subject:

• African swine fever; application for designation by food establishment.

  If you wish to slaughter, cut and process a pig from the restricted zones or store the meat and meat products during an outbreak of African swine fever, you must apply for designation of the establishment.

• Drugs; Application for information about admission

  If you would like information on the approval, testing and safety of a medicinal product for use in humans or immunological veterinary medicinal products, you can obtain information.

• Pharmaceuticals; inspection of published assessment reports.

  On the portal for drug information of the federal government and the states, you can view public assessment reports with information on the approval decision of drugs, as a supplement to the expert information and directions for use.

• Drugs, vaccines, or tissue preparations; reporting suspected adverse reactions and adverse health effects.
  By reporting suspected adverse events or vaccine complications to authorities, you help make medicines and vaccines safer.
• Pharmaceuticals; retail trade monitoring
  The supervision of the retail sale of medicinal products outside pharmacies or in itinerant trade is the task of the district administrative authorities.
• Narcotics; monitoring of narcotics traffic.

  The movement of narcotics in pharmacies, medical and dental offices, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, and various other facilities is monitored by health departments.

• Calibration; notification of the use of new or renewed measuring instruments

  Anyone who uses new or renewed measuring instruments must notify the responsible weights and measures office of this no later than six weeks after commissioning.

• Feed monitoring; collection of feed samples.

  Collected feed samples from distributors, manufacturers and farmers.

• Feed monitoring; information
  Flawless feed is a prerequisite for healthy animals and for healthy food. For this reason, feed business operators are monitored and feed is inspected.
• Genetic engineering; approval and monitoring
  Genetic engineering work may only be carried out in genetic engineering facilities. Genetic engineering law provides for notification, notification and approval procedures.
• Genetically modified organisms; request for information from the non-public part of the site register

  You can apply for information from the non-public part of the site register for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

• Genetically modified organisms; view of the public part of the site register

  You can consult the site register for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) without submitting an application.

• Equipment and machinery noise protection; application for a special permit
  If the operation of noisy machinery and equipment outside the times permitted for this purpose is absolutely necessary for important reasons, an exemption may be granted in individual cases.
• Whistleblower protection; transmission of information on violations in the financial services sector

  If you have information about violations in the financial services sector, you can contact the whistleblower office of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority anonymously.

• Cosmetics; reporting of adverse effects and health damage

  In rare cases, cosmetics can cause undesirable effects such as skin irritation. Manufacturers or retailers must report effects with serious health consequences to the authorities.

• Food, feed and veterinary legislation; setting of fees for the performance of controls

  In the area of food, feed and veterinary law, the competent authorities carry out official controls in accordance with European and national requirements.

• Food establishments; application for EU approval when handling products of animal origin.

  Meat, poultry meat and dairy establishments, as well as other establishments handling products of animal origin, generally require EU approval. With the approval, the establishment is also issued with the required approval number.

• Food hygiene; establishment, implementation and maintenance of a self-checking system in accordance with the HACCP concept.
  Anyone who manufactures, handles or places food on the market must use in-house controls to determine the critical points in the process flow and ensure that appropriate safety measures are defined, implemented and checked.
• Food personnel; registration for instruction in accordance with the Infection Protection Act

  Before starting a commercial activity with food in the sense of § 42 para. 2 Infection Protection Act (IfSG) for the first time, an instruction by the health authorities or by the doctors appointed by them is required, § 43 para. 1 IfSG.

• Food law; information on administrative offences and criminal proceedings

  Compliance with food law regulations can be achieved by way of mandatory and prohibitive orders issued by food control authorities or by the imposition of fines and penalties.

• Food monitoring; carrying out controls in retail and wholesale trade and catering establishments

  Retail stores, supermarkets, restaurants, canteens, etc. are regularly inspected by the food inspection department for compliance with legal requirements. As part of these inspections, samples of goods are also taken and examined.

• Food monitoring; control of tobacco products and related products, cosmetics and consumer goods
  The official food monitoring controls not only food, but also consumer goods, cosmetics and tobacco products to ensure the protection of consumers.
• Measuring devices; application for calibration

  During calibration, the relationship between the measured value of the output variable and the corresponding value of the input variable is determined under specified conditions. A comparison is made with a reference of the same unit.

• Motors in mobile equipment and machinery; notification of suspected non-conformity

  Non-compliant engines can be reported by citizens, non-governmental organizations and other public law entities.

• Beef labeling; monitoring

  Beef labeling has created a beef traceability system that is in addition to general food law and food labeling requirements.

• Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection; implementation

  The purpose of ante- and post-mortem inspection is to ensure that only meat fit for human consumption enters the market.

• Debtors' register; inspection

  Under certain conditions, you can view the debtors' register online in the Joint Enforcement Portal of the Federal States.

• Tobacco products; request for image files for text-image warnings

  As a manufacturer or importer of cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and water pipe tobacco, you must print text image warnings on your cigarette and tobacco packaging. You can obtain the image files from the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

• Technical consumer protection; implementation of product safety measures
  The mission of the trade supervisory authorities at the governments of Central Franconia and Upper Bavaria is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection.
• Technical consumer protection; market surveillance of active medical devices

  The mission of the Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Upper Palatinate is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection. This includes, among other things, active medical devices (those that depend on an energy source).

• Technical consumer protection; market surveillance Ecodesign / energy consumption labeling

  The Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Swabia is responsible for monitoring environmentally compatible design (ecodesign) and energy consumption labeling.

• Technical consumer protection; market surveillance of transportable pressure equipment

  The mission of the Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Upper Palatinate is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection. This includes, among other things, transportable pressure equipment.

• Technical consumer protection; market surveillance of pyrotechnic articles and explosives
  The mission of the Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Upper Palatinate is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection. This includes explosives and pyrotechnic articles, e.g. fireworks.
• Technical consumer protection; market surveillance of in-vitro diagnostics

  The task of the Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Upper Palatinate is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection. This includes active (energy-dependent) in-vitro diagnostics.

• Technical consumer protection; registration of active medical devices
  Manufacturers who wish to place active medical devices on the market must first provide them with a Unique Device Identification (UDI) and register them in the UDI database.
• Technical consumer protection; registration of economic operators

  Manufacturers, authorized representatives and importers (importers) of medical devices must register via the electronic system for the registration of economic operators (EUDAMED) before placing a product on the market.

• Veterinary drugs; information on the monitoring of traffic in the field of livestock farmers and farms.
  The use of medicinal products in food-producing animals may have an impact on the quality of the food obtained.
• Veterinary medicinal products; cooperation in the enforcement of veterinary medicinal product regulations
  The district administrative authorities and the Bavarian Food Safety and Veterinary Control Authority (KBLV) are responsible in Bavaria for monitoring the movement of veterinary medicinal products, including anesthetics for animals and their use.
• Animals and goods of animal origin; monitoring of trade
  The monitoring of trade in animals and goods of animal origin is the task of the official veterinarians at the district offices and serves to ensure compliance with animal disease, animal protection and food law regulations.
• Drinking water supply systems, baths and bathing waters; hygiene monitoring
  The public health service authorities monitor drinking water supply facilities and baths from a hygienic point of view.
• Environmental impacts; monitoring, assessment and evaluation
  Human health also depends on a wide range of sub. Environmental factors. A healthy environment is a basic prerequisite for enabling present and future generations to achieve the goal of "growing old in good health", which is desirable for everyone.
• Consumer information; request for information
  The Consumer Information Act (VIG) gives citizens a right to information on important consumer issues.
• Wine law; application for a special permit
  In the case of wine law products that do not comply with prescribed minimum or maximum values or designation requirements, an exemption may be requested in certain cases.
• Wine law; application for a quality test for wines

  Certain wine products (e.g. quality wines) may only be offered for sale if they have passed the quality test for wines ("Wein-TÜV"). They require an Official Test Number (A.P.No.).

• Wine transports; request for issuance of accompanying documents.
  If you are transporting more than 60 liters of an unbottled wine product, you must have a wine accompanying document for each shipment.