What are the tasks of the BAES?
The Federal Office for Food Safety was founded as an authority by the GESG. The main tasks are the approval and certification as well as control and monitoring of the placing on the market of agricultural inputs in accordance with the Seed Act, the Plant Material Act, the Plant Variety Protection Act, the Plant Protection Products Act, the Plant Protection Act, the Feedstuffs Act, the Fertilizer Act and the Marketing Standards Act, as well as the monitoring of testing laboratories in accordance with § 52 of the Chemicals Act and applicable legal bases for illegal fishing. BAES plays the role of risk manager. This means that facts from the aforementioned materials (see laws) are assessed on the basis of scientific expert opinions for the protection of humans, animals and plants and are submitted to official decisions. Decisions are made objectively and independently.
Technical Notifications
- 28February2023
Product recall of the plant protection product "Luna Sensation"
Bayer is recalling the crop protection product Luna® Sensation (Reg. No. 3603-0) with lot number EM4L034635.
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- 28February2023
Product recall of the plant protection product "VINOSTAR"
The company Adama Deutschland GmbH recalls the plant protection product VINOSTAR® (Reg. Nur. 3269-0) with the batch number 411324237.
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- 27January2023
Plant Health: Update of import bans on high-risk plants
According to the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019, certain "high-risk plants" from third countries are subject to an import ban.
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- 26January2023
Product warning: Dog food Wolfsblut Adult Atlantic Tuna, Tuna and Sea Lettuce, 2 kg and 15 kg.
The company Healthfood24 GmbH recalls more complete feeds of the brand Wolfsblut.
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- 18January2023
Plant health: update of the "special requirements" for the import of plants
When importing live plants (other than tissue culture) from third countries, certain "additional declarations" must be included on the phytosanitary certificate.
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- 18January2023
Change of the deadline for the delivery of fresh eggs to consumers
EU regulations concerning the marketing of fresh eggs will be replaced by a 28-day period after laying, instead of the previous 21-day period.
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- 21November2022
Soccer World Cup in Qatar: Help not to introduce dangerous plant diseases or pests
However, visitors to the World Cup in Qatar should note that not all goods may be taken to Austria or the European Union (EU) without hesitation.
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- 18November2022
Product recall: Dog food Wolfsblut Atlantic Tuna, 500g
The company Healthfood24 GmbH recalls the complete feed Wolfsblut Atlantic Tuna, 500g with the batch number 508744.
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- 12October2022
Product recall: Plant protection product "Folpan 500 SC
The company Adama Deutschland GmbH recalls the plant protection product "Folpan® 500 SC" (Reg. No. 2855-0) with the batch number 991105331.
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- 30September2022
Plant protection products: standardized presentation in the register
In order to further improve the clarity of the presentation of the Register of Plant Protection Products, the trade names of plant protection products are now uniformly presented with a capitalized initial letter. A general capitalization of trade names in the search query of the register is not intended. This has no effect on approvals and their validity, nor on the possible spelling of the trade name on the product itself.
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