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  

Cyprus

shellfish and animal products

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 Not designated  
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 

LABO34@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

reimar.Johne@bfr.bund.de

Greece

shellfish and animal products

Department of Food Hygiene,
Directorate of Veterinary Center of Athens,
General Directorate of Veterinary Services,
Ministry of Rural Development and Food

25, 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@lns.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

Netherlands

shellfish

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
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 University of Ljubljana Veterinary Faculty Institute of Food Safety, Feed and Environment, Gerbičeva 60, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia urska.jamnikar@vf.uni-lj.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

microbiologia-cna@aesan.gob.es 

Sweden Swedish Food Agency
Box 622, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden
ronnie.eriksson@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 2024-02-28