NRL-Network
The European Union Reference Laboratory for Marine Biotoxins (EURLMB) plays a strategic role by contributing to the improvement and harmonization of analytical methods for the determination of marine biotoxins. Its tasks aimed at the NRLs include scientific and technical support, the organization of training activities and proficiency testing programs, and the exchange of knowledge through working groups and annual meetings.
Marine biotoxin control
List of NRLs designated for marine biotoxins in EU Member States, EFTA countries, and candidate countries.
 | Austria Agency for Food and Health Safety
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 | CER Groupe – Analytical Laboratory Rue du Point du Jour 8 6900 Marloie, Belgium
Contact: Tel: + 32 84658090 |
 | Bulgarian Food Safety Agency National Diagnostic Research Veterinary Medical Institute 15, Pencho Slaveykov BLVD, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria http://www.babh.government.bg/en/
Contact: Tel: +359 894616912
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 | Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Directorate of Veterinary Centre of Thessaloniki Department of Food Microbiology, Biochemistry Control, Control of Food Residues, Control of Marine Biotoxins and Other Waters National Reference Laboratory for Marine Biotoxins 3A Limnou street, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
Contact: Tel.: +30 2310 552928, |
 | Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Setaliste Ivana Mestrovica 63 21000 Split, Croatia
Contact: Tel. + 385 21 408038 |
 | State Veterinary Institute Jihlava Rantirovska 93/20 586 01 Jihlava, Czech Republic
Contact: Tel: +420 567 143 212 |
 | Danish Veterinary and Food Administration’s laboratory Søndervang 4 4100 Ringsted, Denmark
Contact: Tel: + 45 72276900 |
 | Finnish Food Authority Mustialankatu 3 00790 Helsinki, Finland https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/en/
Contact: Tel: +358 295 204 447 |
 | National Reference Laboratory for Marine Biotoxins Laboratory for Food Safety ANSES - French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie 94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex, France
Contact: Tel: +33 1 49 77 27 39 |
 | German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment - BfR Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10 10589 Berlin, Germany Contact: Tel: +40 30 18 412 28203 |
 | Ministry of Rural Development and Food Directorate of Veterinary Centre of Thessaloniki Department of Food Microbiology, Biochemisrty Control, Control of Food Residues, Control of Marine Biotoxins and Other Waters National Reference Laboratory for Marine Biotoxins 3A Limnou street 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
Contact: Tel.: +30 2310 552928 |
 | The Slovenian NRL is now representing the Hungarian NRL. |
 | Matís Vinlandsleid 12 113 Reykjavik, Iceland Contact: Tel: +354-422-5000 |
 | Marine Institute Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway. H91 R673 Ireland
Contact: Tel: (+)353 (0)9 138 7200 |
 | NRL for Marine Biotoxins Fondazione Centro Ricerche Marine V.le A. Vespucci, 2 47042 - Cesenatico (FC), Italy
Contact: Tel: +39 0547 80278 |
 | Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment Lejupes Street 3 Riga, LV-1076 - Latvia
Contact: Tel: +371 67620624 |
 | National Veterinary Laboratory KLAIPÄ–DA STATE FOOD AND VETERINARY SERVICE Kretingos str. 62, LT - 92325 Klaipeda
Contact: Tel : +370 347 53 804 |
 | Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate change Veterinary and Phytosanitary Regulation Department Veterinary Regulation Directorate National Veterinary Laboratory Albertown - Marsa – Malta
Contact: Tel: +356-2590-5304 |
Center for Ecotoxicological Research Podgorica Bulevar Sarla de Gola 2, 81000 Podgorica, Crna Gora
Phone: +382 20 658-090; 658-091; 658-108 Fax: +382 20 658-092 Mobile: +382 67 858 822 Contact person: Tijana Milivojevic tijana.milivojevic@ceti.me |
 | Wageningen Food Safety Research Akkermaalsbos 2, Building No. 123 6708 WB Wageningen, The Netherlands P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen https://www.wur.nl/en/research-results/research-institutes/food-safety-research.htm
Contact: Tel: +31(0)615053801 |
 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Paraclinical Sciences Marine Algal Toxin Laboratory Veterinarian buildings Oluf Thesens vei 22, Varelevering A, Toksikologi 1433 ÅS, Norway https://www.nmbu.no/en/faculty/vet/departments/parafag
Contact: Tel: +47 67 23 22 11 |
 | National Veterinary Research Institute Department of Hygiene and Food of Animal Origin Al. Partyzantòw 57 24 - 100 Pulawy, Poland Contact: Tel: +48818893000 |
 | NRL Portugal Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera I.P. Rua Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho nº 6 1495-006 Lisboa, Portugal Contact: Tel: +351-21 302 7000 |
 | NRL Romania Aquatic Animal Health Department Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health Dr. Staicovici nr. 63, sector 5, cod 050557 Bucharest, Romania www.idah.ro Contact: Tel: +40 374322000 |
 | UL Veterinary Faculty Institute for Food Safety Feed and Environment Gerbiceva Ulica 60 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Contact: Tel: +38614779343 |
 | Technological Institute for the monitoring of Marine Environment in Galicia (Intecmar) NRL for Marine Biotoxins Peirao de Vilaxoán s/n, 36611 Vilagarcía de Arousa-Pontevedra Laboratorio nacional de referencia de biotoxinas marinas (intecmar.gal). Contact: |
 | Swedish Food Agency (SFA) Dag Hammarskjölds väg 56 A Box 622, SE - 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden Contact: Tel: +4618175500 |
Microbiological control of bivalve molluscs production areas
List of designated NRLs for microbiological control of bivalve molluscs production areas in EU Member States, EFTA and Accession states
| No NRL designated |
| SCIENSANO Rue J. Wytsmanstraat, 14 1050 Brussels email: foodmicro@sciensano.be |
| NRL Marine Biotoxins, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Sofia, Pencho Slaveikov bl., 16 Contact: Gergana Krumova-Valcheva email: dr.krumova_vulcheva@abv.bg |
| Croatian Veterinary Institute, Regional Veterinary Laboratory Split, Poljicka Cesta 33, 21000 Split Contact: dr. sc. Eddy Listes |
 | State Veterinary Laboratories, Laboratory for the Control of Food of Animal Origin (LCFAO) , Veterinary Services, 1417 Nicosia-CYPRUS Contact: Konstantinos Arsenoglou Tel: 00357 22805224 email: carsenoglou@vs.moa.gov.cy
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| No NRL designated |
| No NRL designated |
 | No NRL designated |
| Finnish Customs Laboratory, Tekniikantie 13, FI-02150, Espoo |
| IFREMER, Laboratoire Santé Environnement et Microbiologie, LNR Microbiologie des coquillages, Rue de I'lle de'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3 Contact: Pascal Garry email: Pascal.Garry@ifremer.fr |
| Bundesinstitut fur Risikobewertung (BfR), Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, D-10589, Berlin |
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Department of Food Hygiene of Athens, Directorate of Athens Veterinary Center, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, 25 Neapoleos str., Agia Paraskevi 15341, Greece email: tyt@minagric.gr |
| National Food Chain Safety Office, Food Chain Safety Laboratory Directorate, Microbiological National Reference Laboratry, Mester u. 81, H-1095 Budapest Contact : Zsuzsanna Sréterné Lancz email: LanczZs@nebih.gov.hu |
| Matís ohf. / Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D. Vínlandsleið 12, 113 Reykjavík Contact: Hrólfur Sigurðsson email: hrolfur@matis.is |
 | Sinéad Keaveney, PhD Team Leader | Shellfish Microbiology | Marine Environment and Food Safety Services Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway H91 R673 Telephone: +353 91 387242 (direct) +353 87 2950091 (mobile) |
| Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche, Via Cupa di Posatora 3, 60100, Ancona (NRL for bacteriology) Contact: Dr. Francesca Leoni email: f.leoni@izsum.it Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria e Sicurezza Alimentare, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome (NRL for virology) Contact: Dr. Elisabetta Suffredini email: elisabetta.suffredini@iss.it __________ 2 NRLs established (one for bacteriology and one for virology) |
| No NRL designated |
| No NRL designated |
| No NRL designated |
| National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1 A van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3720 BA, Bilthoven Contact: Irene Pol-Hofstad email: Irene.Pol@rivm.nl |
| (1.2) 2 NRLs established (one for bacteriology and one for virology) |
| NRL for Bacterial factors in mollusks |
| Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere, I.P. (IPMA)/Department of Sea and Marine Resources, IPMA-Alges, Avenida de Brasilia, 1449-006 Lisboa Contact: Sónia Pedro |
| Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, Dr. Staicovici nr. 63, sector 5, cod 050557 Bucharest, Romania Contact: Tel: +40374322000 Responsible person: Mihaela Costea |
 | No NRL designated |
| Food Safety Department, National Veterinary Institute, UL Veterinary Faculty, Gerbiceva 60, SI – 1000, Ljubljana |
| Subdirección General de Acuicultura, Comercialización Pesquera y Acciones Estructurales Secretaría general de pesca. Ministerio de agricultura, pesca y alimentación Contact: Julian García Baena email: Jgbaena@mapa.es |
| Swedish Food Agency, P.O. Box 622, 751 26 Uppsala Sanitary surveys contacs: SFA: elin.renborg@slv.se and malin.persson@slv.se NRL (E.coli) Moa Lavander, moa.lavander@slv.se NRL (food-borne viruses) contact: Ronnie.Eriksson@slv.se |
