GEMS/Food Contact Points

Country Participating Institute Albania The Research Institute of and Argentina Instituto Nacional de Alimentos Argentina Laboratorios y Control Técnico SENASA Argentina Oficial de Servicios de Referencia INPPAZ-OPS/OMS Argentina Agencia Córdoba Ciencia CEPROCOR Armenia Department of Hygiene and Antiepidemiological Surveillance Ministry of Health Australia Food Standards Australia New Zealand Austria Federal Institute for Food Control and Research Belarus Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Expert Assessment of and Safety Belgium Food Inspection Service Bangladesh Institute of and Brazil Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria – ANVISA Brazil Instituto Adolfo Lutz Brazil National Health Surveillance Agency Bulgaria National Centre of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition Burkina Faso Direction Générale des Productions Animales Ministère des Ressources Animales Cameroon Centre Pasteur du Cameroun Laboratoire de Chimie de l’Hygiène Environnement Canada Bureau of Chemical Safety Health Protection Branch Health Canada Chad Ministère de l'Elevage Délégation régionale de l'Elevage de l'Ouest Chile Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile China (People’s Republic of) National Institute for Nutrition and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention China (People’s Republic of) Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene School of Public Health Beijing University Health Science Center China (People’s Republic of) Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Hong Kong SAR China (People’s Republic of) Public Health School Southeast University, Nanjing Costa Rica Escuela de Nutrición Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Instituto Costarricense de Investigacion y Ensenanza en Nutricion y Salud ‑ INCIENSA Croatia Ecology Service National Institute of Public Health Cuba Direccion de Higiene de los Alimentos y Epidemiologia Ministerio de Salud Publica de Cuba Cyprus State General Laboratory Czech Republic Centre for the Hygiene of Food Chains National Institute of Public Health Denmark Division of Chemical Contaminants Danish Veterinary and Food Administration Dominica Produce Chemist Laboratory Ministry of Agriculture Djibouti Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Mer Direction de l'Elevage et des Services Vétérinaires

Egypt The Central Lab. of Residue Analysis of Pesticides and Heavy Metals in Food Estonia Environmental Management and Technology Department Ministry of Environment Ethiopia Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institution European Union European Food Safety Authority Fiji University of the South Pacific Institute of Applied Science Finland Central Laboratory Agricultural Research Centre France French Food Safety Agency France Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Unité Mét@risk French Polynesia Public Health and Hygiene Department Health Directorate Germany Chimisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Freiburg (State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis of Food Freiburg) Germany Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety Bundesamt fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit Gambia Ministry of Principal Health, Social Welfare and Women’s Affairs Georgia Department of Food Hygiene Institute for and Hygiene Ghana Food and Drug Board Greece General Chemical State Laboratory Guatemala Laboratorio Unificado de Control de Alimentos y medicamentos Guatemala Intoxicación por Plaguicidas Epidemiología, Ministerio de Salud Haiti Laboratory Veterinary of Haiti Hungary Hungarian Food Safety Office Hungary National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Iceland Environment and Food Agency of Iceland Indonesia National Agency for Drug and Food Control India Indian Council of Medical Research Iran (Islamic Republic of) Food, Drug and Control Laboratories Ministry of Health and Medical Education Ireland Food Safety Authority of Ireland Israel Food Control Administration Ministry of Health Italy Instituto Superiore di Sanita Japan Jichi Medical University Japan Food Safety Commission Japan National Institute of Health Sciences Jordan Industrial Chemistry Royal Scientific Society Kenya National Public Health Laboratory Korea, Republic of Korea Food and Drug Administration Kuwait Central Analytical Laboratory Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Kyrgyzstan Department of Sanitarian Surveillance State Department of San. 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Surveillance Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food and Drug Department Ministry of Health Latvia Latvian Food Centre Ministry of Welfare Lebanon Institut de Recherche Agronomique du Liban Lithuania National Nutrition Center Ministry of Health Lithuania Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania National Nutrition Center Madagascar Service de l'Hygiène et Santé Publique Malaysia Malaysian Food Safety and Quality Division Ministry of Health Malta Department of Health Mauritania Centre National de Recherches Oceanographiques et des Peches Mexico Laboratorio Nacional de Salud PublicaSubsecretaria de Regulacion y Fomento Sanitario Mexico Salud Laboratorio Nacional Mexico Calidad Sanitaria de Bienes y Servicios Secretaria de Salud Mexico Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos a la Salud Moldova (Republic of) Hygiene and Epidemiology State Medical University Monaco Vétérinaire Sanitaire Inspecteur Service Municipal d’hygiène Mongolia Regulatory Agency of Inspection for Hygiene and Epidemiology Morocco Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural Direction de l'Elevage Morocco Service Pesticides Ministere de L’Agriculture et de La Mise en Valeur Agricole Mozambique National Laboratory for Water and Food Hygiene Ministry of Health Nepal Department of Food Technology and Quality Control Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment New Zealand New Zealand Food Safety Authority New Zealand Institute of Environmental Science and Research Nigeria National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Norway Norwegian Food Control Authority Pakistan National Institute of Health Papua New Guinea Department of Health Paraguay Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición Peru Instituto Nacional de Desarrolo Agroindustrial Philippines Bureau of Food and Drugs Poland National Food and Nutrition Institute Portugal Department National Institute of Health Qatar Food Control Laboratory Ministry of Public Health Romania Institute of Public Health Russian Federation Institute of Nutrition Academy of Medical Sciences Senegal Bureau de l'Hygiène Alimentaire Seychelles Public Health Laboratory Sierra Leone University of Sierra Leone Singapore Food Laboratory Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine Slovakia Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine Slovakia Centre for Partial Monitoring System of Food and Feed Contaminants Food Research Institute Slovakia Department of Nutrition and Food Safety Public Health Authority Slovenia University Institute of Health and Social Welfare South Africa Directorate of Food and Chemicals Department of Health Spain Agencia Espanola de Seguridad Alimentaria Sudan National Chemical Laboratories Ministry of Health Sweden The National Food Administration Switzerland Food Safety Unit Swiss Federal Office of Public Health Syria Nutrition Department Ministry of Health Thailand Department of Medical Sciences Ministry of Public Health Thailand Food Science and Technology Kasetsart University The former Yugoslav Republic of Section of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Macedonia National Institute of Public Health

Togo Laboratoire de Santé Publique Institut National d'Hygiène Tunisia Direction de la Qualité Protection du Consommateur Ministère du Commerce Turkey Food Control, Nutrition and Laboratories Department Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates Central Food Control and Consultancy Laboratory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain Central Science Laboratory and Northern Ireland Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Health National Food Control Commission United States of America Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Food and Drug Administration Uruguay Técnico Departamento de Nutrición Ministerio de Salud Pública Uzbekistan Ministry of Health Venezuela Instituto Nacional de Higiene “Rafael Rangel” Universidad Central de Venezuela Viet Nam Institute of Hygiene and Public Health Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam Food Administration Ministry of Health Viet Nam Centre of Environmental Chemistry Vietnam National University, Hanoi