The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (german: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, ), abbreviated BMEL, is a cabinet-level ministry of the

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. Its primary headquarters are located in

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with a secondary office in

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. 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

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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. Due to the political restructurings of the 18th German Bundestag in December 2013 the division "Consumer Protection" was transferred to the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.

Organization

The current Minister for Food and Agriculture is Cem Özdemir. The Parliamentary State Secretaries are Hans-Joachim Fuchtel and

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. Beate Kasch is the Permanent State Secretary. In addition to the Ministry Management (including management staff), it consists of eight departments (as of September 2020):https://www.bmel.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/_Ministerium/Organisationsplan.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=6 * Department 1: Central Division * Department 2: Consumer health protection, nutrition, product safety * Department 3: Food safety, animal health * Department 4: Agricultural markets, food industry, export * Department 5: Forests, sustainability, renewable raw materials * Department 6: EU affairs, international cooperation, fisheries * Department 7: Agricultural production, horticulture, agricultural policy * Department 8: Rural development, digital innovation

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 Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen (JKI) is the German Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants. It is a federal research institute and a higher federal authority divided into 15 specialized institutes. Its ...

, Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants *

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI), is the Federal Institute for Animal Health of Germany, that country's leading animal disease center. The institute was founded in 1910 and named for its founder Friedrich Loeffler in 1952. The FLI is situ ...

, 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 *

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Federal Ministers

References

External links

Website
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Organization

Agencies

Federal Ministers

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