biochemical and molecular biological analytics
The working group comprises professionally competent members from regulatory authorities and industry, research and commercial laboratories, and deals with analytical issues in the following areas of work:
DNA-based analysis
• Real-time PCR and other PCR-based methods
• DNA sequencing methods (Sanger sequencing, next-generation sequencing)
Protein-/peptide-based analysis
• LC-MS
• MALDI-ToF
• ELISA
Stefan Schmidt
R-Biopharm AG, Pfungstadt
E-mail: st.schmidt@r-biopharm.de
Anke Rullmann
Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office Karlsruhe
E-mail: anke.rullmann@cvuaka.bwl.de
Ute Schröder
Max Rubner Institute
Institute for Safety and Quality of Milk and Fish, Hamburg
E-mail: ute.schroeder@mri.bund.de
Term of office 2026 - 2028
• Genetically modified/genome-edited organisms in food, feed and seed
• Allergens in food
• Authenticity of food
o Species identification (plant and animal species)
o Unauthorised additions (e.g. soya protein in meat,...)
• Novel foods (e.g. insects)
"Position papers and statements"
"Allergens"
"Species differentiation"
• Methods Development Committee of the LAG (Federal States Committee on Genetic Engineering)
Task(s):
Development of methods for detecting genetically modified microorganisms or GMOs in accordance with the German Genetic Engineering Act (GenTG)
Contact:
Ms Anke Belter
State Office for Environmental Protection Saxony-Anhalt
Reilstraße 72
06114 Halle (Saale)
• AVID working group Molecular Biological Methods in Animal Disease Diagnostics
Task(s):
Optimisation and standardisation of molecular biological testing methods for the AVID collection of methods
Organisation of comparative studies
Contact:
Dr. Wolfgang Gäde
State Veterinary and State Investigation Office
Haferbreiter Weg 132-135, 39576 Stendal
• DIN Standards Committee for Food and Agricultural Products (NAL)
Task(s):
Standardisation
Contact:
Dr. Tom Resler
DIN German Institute for Standardization
Saatwinkler Damm 42/43, 13627 Berlin
• Section 64 LFGB working group Development of methods for identifying foodstuffs produced using genetic engineering methods
Task(s):
Development and validation of methods
Contact:
PD Dr. Joachim Mankertz
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety BVL
Unit 503: "National Reference Laboratories for Residues of Pharmacologically Active Substances and GMOs"
Postfach 110260
10832 Berlin
• Section 64 LFGB working group Development of molecular biological methods for differentiating plant and animal species
Task(s):
Development and validation of methods
Contact:
Dr. Claudia Brünen-Nieweler
Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office Münsterland – Emscher – Lippe (CVUA-MEL)
Josef König Str. 40, 48147 Münster
• Section 64 LFGB working group Molecular biological methods - Microbiology
Task(s):
Development and validation of methods
Contact:
Dr. Dietrich Mäde
State Office for Consumer Protection Saxony-Anhalt, Food Safety Division
Freiimfelder Str. 68, 06112 Halle (Saale)
• Section 64 LFGB working group Food allergens
Task(s):
Development and validation of methods
Contact:
Dr. Ulrich Busch
Bavarian State Office for Health
and Food Safety
Veterinärstr. 2, 85764 Oberschleißheim
• PCR Analysis working group of the feed Division within VDLUFA
Task(s):
Development and validation of methods
Contact:
Dr. Sabine Domey
Thuringian State Institute of Agriculture (TLL)
Naumburger Str. 98, 07743 Jena
• European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL)
Task(s):
Validation, method development, harmonisation of procedures
Contact (in Germany):
Dr. Lutz Grohmann
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Genetic Engineering Department, Unit 405 - Traceability, Detection Methods, Biosafety Clearing House
Mauerstrasse 39-42, 10117 Berlin
• working group Food-Associated Viruses (ALV)
Task(s):
Expert group "Food-associated viruses"
Contact
Professor Dr. Becker
Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Life Science Technologies
Campusallee 12, 32657 Lemgo
• Subcommittee "Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of microorganisms"
Task(s):
Standardisation of testing methods
Contact:
Dr. Kornelia Berghof-Jäger
BIOTECON Diagnostics GmbH
Hermannswerder Haus 17, 14473 Potsdam
• ERFA Molecular Biology working group (Switzerland)
Task(s) and sub-working groups:
GMO analysis / differentiation of animal species / microorganisms / allergens
Contact:
Dr. Rene Köppel
Zurich Cantonal Laboratory
Fehrenstraße 15
8032 Zürich (Switzerland)
• Microbiology and Molecular Biology Division (Austria)
Task:
Molecular biological methods (e.g. mycology)
Contact:
Dr. Andreas Adler
Working Group of Agricultural Experimental Stations in Austria (ALVA)
Austrian Agency for Health
and Food Safety GmbH
Institute for Animal Nutrition and feed
Wieningerstraße 8, A 4021 Linz
1) General (all topics) or homepages
EU information platform on food allergens:
www.foodallergens.info/
US FDA Information about Food Allergens:
http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAllergens/default.htm
2) Consumer information
German Nutrition Advice and Information Network (DEBInet):
www.ernaehrung.de/tipps/nahrungsmittelallergien/
3) Analytics
Activities from the MoniQA project:
https:/https://www.moniqa.org/
4) Allergen research
Officially recognised allergens:
www.allergen.org/
Allergome information platform (not peer-reviewed):
www.allergome.org/
FARRP allergen database (peer-reviewed):
www.allergenonline.com/
Informall (EU project) database (peer-reviewed):
http://www.ifr.ac.uk/protall/database.html
Allergen Data Collection (maintained only until 2002):
www.food-allergens.de/
CSL allergen database: http://allergen.csl.gov.uk/
5) Further information on allergies/toxicological assessment
Allergy Prevention Action Alliance:
www.allergiepraevention.de/
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