The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer ... - BMELV
The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer ... - BMELV
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Parliamentary State Secretary<br />
Dr. Gerd Müller<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>BMELV</strong> 27<br />
State Secretary<br />
Dr. Robert Kloos<br />
<strong>The</strong> institutions with approximately 5,000 staff members<br />
working within the <strong>BMELV</strong>’s sphere <strong>of</strong> operations comprise<br />
Y higher federal authorities (<strong>Federal</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>Consumer</strong><br />
Protection <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong> Safety [BVL]; <strong>Federal</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Plant<br />
Varieties [BSA]),<br />
Y legally independent institutions (<strong>Federal</strong> Institute for Risk<br />
Assessment [BfR], <strong>Federal</strong> Agency for <strong>Agriculture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong><br />
[BLE], German wine fund),<br />
Y four federal research centres (Julius Kühn Institute – <strong>Federal</strong><br />
Research Centre for Cultivated Plants [JKI]; Friedrich Loeffler<br />
Institute – <strong>Federal</strong> Research Institute for Animal Health<br />
[FLI]; Max Rubner Institute – <strong>Federal</strong> Research Institute for<br />
Nutrition <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong> [MRI] <strong>and</strong> Johann Heinrich von Thünen<br />
Institute – <strong>Federal</strong> Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestries<br />
<strong>and</strong> Fisheries [vTI],<br />
Y recipients <strong>of</strong> institutional grants (e.g. German Biomass<br />
Research Centre [DBFZ]).<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>BMELV</strong> responds to questions from citizens about its fields<br />
<strong>of</strong> activity in writing via letter or e-mail.<br />
It has also joined the information network with the uniform<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficial telephone number 115.