NRL Network

List of NRLs

Country Address E-mail address
Austria Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit Wien, Austria johann.ladstaetter@ages.at
Belgium Sciensano, Infectious disease in humans, Foodborne pathogens
Rue Juliette. Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussel, Belgium
Bavo.Verhaegen@sciensano.be
Bulgaria National Centre of Food Safety, NDRVI, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency
Blvd Pencho Slaveykov 15A, 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria
dr.krumova_vulcheva@abv.bg
Croatia Not designated  
State Veterinary Labotatories, Laboratory for the Control of Animal Origin (LCFAO), Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, 1417 Nicosia, Cyprus  memmanouil@vs.moa.gov.cy
Czech republic State Veterinary Institute Jihlava
Rantířovská 93/20
58601 Jihlava
Czech Republic
bartak@svujihlava.cz
Denmark The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark
Kemitorvet
Building 204, Room 060
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
malak@food.dtu.dk

mikro.ac@fvst.dk
Estonia Swedish Food Agency
Box 622, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden
anna.jureus@slv.se
Finland Finnish Food Authority,
Mustialankatu 3,
FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland
tuija.kantala@foodauthority.fi

maija.summa@foodauthority.fi
France
animal products
Anses, Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments (French agency for food, environmental and occupational health safety), site de Maisons-Alfort (LSAI), 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie 94701 Maisons-Alfort cedex, France Catherine.HENNECHART-COLLETTE@anses.fr
France
vegetables
Laboratoire de Montpellier du service commun des laboratoires (SCL), Parc euromédecine, 205 Rue de la croix verte 34196 Montpellier cedex 5, France  lucas.philippe@scl.finances.gouv.fr
France
shellfish
Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (Ifremer) – laboratoire de santé, environnement et microbiologie, site Ifremer de Nantes, rue de l'île d'Yeu BP 21105 44311 Nantes cedex 03, France Soizick.le.guyader@ifremer.fr
Germany Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Unit Viruses in Food, Department Biological Safety
Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
eva.trojnar@bfr.bund.de

nadine.althof@bfr.bund.de
Greeceshellfish and animal products Department of Food Hygiene,
Directorate of Veterinary Center of Athens,
General Directorate of Veterinary Services,
Ministry of Rural Development and Food25, Neapoleos Street
GR 153 10
Agia Paraskevi
Athens, Greece
tyt@minagric.gr

mmavropoulou@minagric.gr
Hungary Microbiological National Reference Laboratory
81. Mester str.
Budapest
1095 Hungary
eli@nebih.gov.hu

lanczzs@nebih.gov.hu
Ireland 
all matrices except shellfish
The NRL Food Borne Viruses
Food Microbiology Division
Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine,
DAFM Laboratories Backweston,
Celbridge
Co. Kildare
W23X3PH
Ireland

nrl.foodborne_virus@agriculture.gov.ie 

Ireland
shellfish
The Marine Institute, Renville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland Sinead.Keaveney@Marine.ie
Italy Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health
Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
elisabetta.suffredini@iss.it
Latvia Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”,
Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathology
Lejupes Street 3, Riga, LV1076, Latvia
juris.kibilds@bior.lv
Lithuania National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute
Molecular Biology and GMO Research Division
J. Kairiukscio st.10
Vilnius
Lithuania
simona.pileviciene@nmvrvi.lt
Luxembourg Département des Laboratoires de protection de la santé
Laboratoire national de santé
1, Rue Louis Rech
L-3555 Dudelange
catarina.martins@alva.etat.lu

alimentaire@alva.etat.lu
Malta Not designated  
Netherlands Microbiological and Chemical Food Analyses Unit Wageningen Food Safety Reseach (WFSR)
Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands

Mail address: P.O. Box 144, 6700 AC Wageningen, The Netherlands
ingeborg.boxman@wur.nl
Netherlandsshellfish National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology (Z&O)
P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands
irene.pol@rivm.nl
Northern Ireland Sciensano, Infectious disease in humans, Foodborne pathogens,
Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Julie.Linussio@sciensano.be
Poland Dział Laboratoryjny Wojewódzkiej Stacji Sanitarno-Epidemiologicznej
w Bydgoszczy
ul. Kujawska
485-031 Bydgoszcz
Poland
sekretariat.wsse.bydgoszcz@sanepid.gov.pl

monika.huse-kutowska@sanepid.gov.pl
Poland National Veterinary Research Institute
57, Partyzantow Avenue
24-100 Pulawy, Poland
arzez@piwet.pulawy.pl

sekretariat@piwet.pulawy.pl
Portugal Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, I.P. (INSA)
Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Cristina.Belo@insa.min-saude.pt
Romania Institute for hygiene and veterinary public health
5 Campul Mosilor, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romainia, Code 021201
laurentiu.ciupescu@iispv.ro
Slovak Republic State veterinary and food institute – Veterinary and food institute
DolnÝ Kubín, Jánoškova 1611/58,
026 01 DolnÝ Kubín, Slovakia
lucia.sulejova@svpu.sk
Slovenia
animal products
University of Ljubljana Veterinary Faculty Institute of Food Safety, Feed and Environment, Gerbičeva 60, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia urska.jamnikar@vf.uni-lj.si
Slovenia
non-animal products
National Laboratory of health, environment and food (NLZOH),
Prvomajska 1
SI-2000 Maribor
Slovenija
adela.fratnik.steyer@nlzoh.si
Spain Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición
Spanish  Food Safety and Nutrition Agency
National Center for Food -Centro Nacional de Alimentación (CNA)
28220 Majadahonda. Madrid
asiso@aesan.gob.es

microbiologia-cna@aesan.gob.es 
Sweden Swedish Food Agency
Box 622, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden
anna.jureus@slv.se
EFTA Countries    
Norway Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU)
School of Veterinary Science, Box 8146 Dep., NO-0033 Oslo, Norway
mette.myrmel@nmbu.no
Switzerland Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
Biological Analysis and References Laboratory
Schwarzenburgstrasse 165
CH-3003 Bern
Switzerland
Dominik.Moor@metas.ch 
EU candidate countries    
Serbia Designation in progress  
Reviewed 2025-09-10