EU and Finnish national reference laboratories for feed and food

EU and Finnish national reference laboratories for food and feed in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2017/625

Reference Laboratory for EU-RL, name and address

Name NRL Address

Head of NRL and Contact persons

Additives for use in animal nutrition

Joint Research Centre.
European Commission.
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, Belgium EURL

JRC-IRMM-EURL-FEED-ADDITIVES-AUTHORISATION@ec.europa.eu

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Annikki Welling

Contact persons:
Aulikki Raitanen
Mervi Rokka


Animal proteins in feedingstuffs

Centre Wallon de recherches agronomiques (CRA-W)
B-5030 Gembloux,
Belgium EURL

baeten@cra.wallonie.be

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tiina Peltopuro

Contact persons:
Maria Aarnio

Anniina Jaakkonen


Antimicrobial resistance

DTU Food,
National Food Institute
Søltofts Plads, Building 221
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark EURL
        
rshe@food.dtu.dk

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tiina Peltopuro

Contact person:
Suvi Nykäsenoja


Campylobacter

Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA)
S-751 89 Uppsala
Sweden EURL

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tiina Peltopuro

Contact person:
Anniina Jaakkonen


Coagulase positive Staphylococci, including Staphylococcus aureus

ANSES (The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety)
Maisons-Alfort Laboratory for Food Safety - SBCL Unit
23, avenue du Général De Gaulle  F-94706 Maisons-Alfort cedex
FRANCE EURL

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tiina Peltopuro

Contact person:
Satu Hakola


Escherichia coli, including Verotoxigenic E. Coli (VTEC)

Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
I-00161 Roma
Italy EURL

crl.vtec@iss.it

Finnish Food Authority
Elektroniikkatie 3
FI-90590 OULU
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tiina Peltopuro

Contact persons:
Foodstuffs 
Saija Hallanvuo

Animal production
Sirpa Heinikainen


Foodborne viruses

Livsmedelsverket (National Food Agency), Box 622, SE - 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden EURL

EURLfoodvirus@slv.se

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tiina Peltopuro

Contact person:
Maija Summa
 


Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)1 

Joint Research Centre
European Commission
Ispra
Italy EURL

eurl-gmff@jrc.ec.europa.eu

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28235

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Anu Kallinen
anu.kallinen@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 26 998

1GMOs Only to be completed for the control laboratories. The NRLs for the validation of the methods have been designated by Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 on detailed rules for the implementation of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Community reference laboratory for genetically modified organisms.

Halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA)
Postfach 100462
D-79123 Freiburg 
Germany EURL

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Health Security, Environmental Health Unit P.O.Box 95 FI-70701 Kuopio Finland
www.thl.fi

 

Anne Hyvärinen
anne.hyvarinen@thl.fi
tel. +358 29 524 6364

Contact persons:
Päivi Ruokojärvi
paivi.ruokojarvi@thl.fi
tel. +358 29 52 46 349

Panu Rantakokko
panu.rantakokko@thl.fi
tel. +358 29 52 46 395

Listeria monocytogenes

ANSES (The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety)
Maisons-Alfort Laboratory for Food Safety - SBCL Unit
23, avenue du Général De Gaulle  F-94706 Maisons-Alfort cedex
FRANCE EURL

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tiina Peltopuro

Contact person:
Suvi Wallgren

Material intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Joint Research Centre
European Commission
Ispra
Italy EURL

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28235

Contact person:
Arja Meriläinen
arja.merilainen@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 23 249

Metals and Nitrogenous Compounds 

National Food Institute,
Technical University of Denmark
Kemitorvet
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark EURL

EURL-MN@food.dtu.dk
www.eurl-mn.eu

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Food of animal and non-animal origin and feed:

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Janne Järvinen

Food of non-animal origin, including composite products

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 332 8235

Contact person:
Terhi Andersson
terhi.andersson@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 332 3282

Monitoring of marine biotoxins

Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria (AESA)
Campus Universitario de Vigo
Edificio CITEXVI
36310-Vigo, Spain EURL

eurlmb@mscbs.es

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Pertti Koivisto

Mycotoxins and plant toxins

Monique de Nijs
EURL Mycotoxins & plant toxins
RIKILT Wageningen University & Research EURL

RIKILT.wur.nl/en

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FIN-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Food of animal origin, feed and cereals

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Marjo Kolmonen

Food of non-animal origin, including composite products

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28235

Contact person:
Meri Kokkonen
meri.kokkonen@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28 270

Parasites (in particular Trichinella, Echinococcus and Anisakis)

Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
Viale Regina Elena 299
I-00161 Roma
Italy EURL

Finnish Food Authority
Elektroniikkatie 3
FI-90950 Oulu
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Riikka Holopainen

Contact person:
Antti Oksanen

Processing contaminants

National Food Institute,
Technical University of Denmark
Kemitorvet
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark EURL

EURL-PC@food.dtu.dk
www.eurl-pc.eu

 

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Food of animal and non-animal origin and feed:

Annikki Welling


Contact person:
Mirja Hokkanen


Food of non-animal origin, including composite products:

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28235

Contact person:
Carola Ranta
carola.ranta@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 332 3269

Residues of pesticides (cereals and feedingstuffs)

National Food Institute,
Technical University of Denmark
Kemitorvet
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark EURL

eurl-cf@food.dtu.dk

 

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Cereals

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28235

Contact person:
Suvi Ojanperä
suvi.ojanpera@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 332 3598

Feed

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Kati Hakala

Residues of pesticides (food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content)

Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA)
Postfach 100462
D-79123 Freiburg
Germany EURL

eurl-pesticides@cvuafr.bwl.de

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Kati Hakala

Residues of pesticides (fruits and vegetables, including commodities with high water and high acid content)

Laboratorio Agrario de la generalitat Valenciana (LAGV)
Burjassot-Valecia
Spain

Grupode Residuos de Plaguicidas de la Universidad de Almera (PRRG)
Almeria
Spain EURL

amadeo@ual.es

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28235

Contact person:
Suvi Ojanperä
suvi.ojanpera@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 332 3598

Residues of pesticides (single residues methods)

Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Stuttgart
Postfach 1206
D-70702 Felbach
Germany EURL

eurl-SRM@cvuas.bwl.de

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FIN-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Customs Laboratory
P.O.Box 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
www.tulli.fi/web/tullilaboratorio

Food of animal origin, feed

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Kati Hakala

Fruits, vegetables, cereals

Pirjo Sainio
pirjo.sainio@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 33 28235

Contact person:
Suvi Ojanperä
suvi.ojanpera@tulli.fi
tel. +358 40 332 3598

Residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin (Directive 96/23/EC Annex I)
A1 Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, salts and esters
A2 Antithyroid agents
A3 Steroids
A4 Resorcylic Acid Lactones (RAL´s) incl. zeranol
B2d Sedatives
B3d Mycotoxines

Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR)
P.O. Box 230
6700 AE Wageningen
The Netherlands
email: eurl.growthpromoters@wur.nl

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Annikki Welling


Contact person:
Marjo Mauriala

Residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin (Directive 96/23/EC Annex I)
A6 Chloramphenicol
A6 Dapsone
A6 Nitrofurans
B1 Antibacterial substances, including sulphonamides and quinolones
B3e Dyes
B2f Carbadox and olaquindox

ANSES - Laboratoire de Fougères
La Haute Marche – Javené – BP 90203
F-35302 Fougères
France
eurl-vmpr-fougeres@anses.fr

Finnish Food Authority Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Annikki Welling

Contact person:
Marjo Mauriala


Microbiological testing:
Satu Olkkola

Residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin (Directive 96/23/EC Annex I)
A5 Beta-agonists
B2a Anthelmintics
B2b Anticoccidials including Nitroimidazoles
B2e Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID´s)

Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL)
Diedersdorfer Weg 1
12277 Berlin
Germany
eurlvetdrug@bvl.bund.de

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Annikki Welling


Contact person:
Marjo Mauriala

The analysis and testing of Zoonoses (Salmonella)

Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)
3720 BA Bilthoven
The Netherlands EURL

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FIN-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Riikka Holopainen


Contact persons:
animals, serotyping

Henry Kuronen

feedingstuffs, food
Satu Hakola

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta (IZSPLVA), Torino ja Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health (SANV), Rome EURL

EURL.TSE@izsto.it

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Tuija Gadd

Contact persons:
Sirkka-Liisa Korpenfelt

Maria Hautaniemi

Water in Poultry Meat

Coordination Board
AGRI-ANIMAL-PRODUCTS-EXT@ec.europa.eu

 

Finnish Food Authority
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki
Finland
www.foodauthority.fi

Annikki Welling


Contact person:
Tiina Ritvanen

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