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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.

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