Links to European (and International) organisations
Here some useful links are given to European (and International) organisations, as well as to the websites of other biological EURLs for Food and Feed.
European Organisations
European Commission, Health & Food Safety Directorate General (EC DG SANTE):
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/health-and-food-safety_en
https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety_en
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA):
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)):
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en
European legislation (EUR (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)-Lex):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html
Other biological EURLs for Food and Feed
Links to the websites of all EURLs as well as to the relevant lists of NRLs (National Reference Laboratories) can be found at the website of the European Commission:
https://ec.europa.eu/food/ref-labs_en
EURL (European Union Reference Laboratory) for Antimicrobial resistance:
https://www.eurl-ar.eu/
EURL for Campylobacter:
https://www.sva.se/en/about-us/eurl-campylobacter/
EURL for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci (CPS), including S. aureus:
https://eurl-staphylococci.anses.fr/en/minisite/staphylococci/eurl-coag…
EURL for Escherichia coli (including VTEC):
https://www.iss.it/en/vtec-about-us
EURL for Foodborne viruses:
https://www.livsmedelsverket.se/en/production-control-and-trade/eurl-fo…
EURL for Listeria monocytogenes:
https://eurl-listeria.anses.fr/en/minisite/listeria-monocytogenes/eurl-…
EURL for Parasites (Trichinella, Echinococcus, Anisakis):
https://www.iss.it/en/eurlp-chi-siamo
Analytical methods
European Committee for Standardization (CEN (European Committee for Standardisation)):
https://www.cen.eu/Pages/default.aspx
CEN/TC463 – Microbiology of the food chain:
https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:7:0::::FSP_ORG_ID:2648347&cs=1…
International Organization for Standardization (ISO (International Standardisation Organisation)):
https://www.iso.org/home.html
ISO/TC34 (Technical Committee 34 on Feed and Food products)/SC9 (Subcommittee 9 on microbiology) – Microbiology of the food chain:
https://www.iso.org/committee/47920.html
Organisations for validation of alternative microbiological methods:
AFNOR validation: https://nf-validation.afnor.org/en/
MicroVal: https://microval.org/
NordVal: https://www.nmkl.org/index.php/en/nordval