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Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)

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Formed
  
1949

Minister responsible
  
Christian Schmidt

Founded
  
1949

Number of employees
  
920 (Feb. 2010)

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Germany

Website
  
http://www.bmel.de

Headquarters
  
Bonn

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Agency executives
  
Maria Flachsbarth (de), Parliamentary State Secretary Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary Robert Kloos, Permanent State Secretary

Subsidiaries
  
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety

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The Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (German: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft), abbreviated BMEL, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its primary headquarters are located in Bonn with a secondary office in Berlin. From 1949 to 2001 it was known as the Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests (German: Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten). Through an organizational order by the German Chancellor on 22 January 2001, it became the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture after the Consumer protection function was transferred from the Federal Ministry for Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit). The name Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection was adopted on 22 November 2005 simply to alphabetize its functional parts in the German language.

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Organization

The current Minister for Food and Agriculture is Christian Schmidt. The Parliamentary State Secretaries are Maria Flachsbarth and Peter Bleser. Robert Kloos is the Permanent State Secretary. In addition to the Ministry Management (including management staff), it consists of six departments (as of October 2014):

  • Department 1: Central Division
  • Department 2: Nutrition, product safety, innovation
  • Department 3: Food safety, animal health
  • Department 4: Rural Development, Agricultural markets
  • Department 5: Bio-based economy, sustainable agriculture and forestry
  • Department 6: EU policy, International cooperation, fisheries

    • Agencies

    Under the auspices of the BMEL are various Federal agencies, legally independent institutions under public law and government research institutes:

  • Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
  • Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
  • Federal Office of Plant Varieties
  • Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
  • Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants
  • Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
  • Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food
  • Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
  • Agency for Renewable Resources

    • Federal Ministers

    Political Party:   CSU   CDU   FDP   SPD   Green

    References

    Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany) Wikipedia
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