UNEP DATABANK OF LABORATORIES ANALYZING PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
"POPS LABORATORY DATABANK"

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1. Identity and General Description

Name of Laboratory : CVUA - Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis of Food)
Address : Bissierstr. 5
City / State : Freiburg
Country : Germany
Postal Code : 79114
Telephone : +49 (761) 8855133 / 8855130 / 8855131 / 8855132 / 8855134
Fax : +49 (761) 8855100
E-mail : Contact us
Web Site : http://www.crl-freiburg.eu; http://www.cvua-freiburg.de
Contact Person : Dr. Rainer MALISCH

Type of Laboratory : Public / Governmental : Yes
Private : No
Research Center : No
Function of the Laboratory : - Central laboratory of the German State ("Bundesland") of Baden-Württemberg for routine analyses of food from animal origin for pesticides and contaminants and for analyses of food and feed for Dioxins, Dioxin-like PCBs and marker PCBs; - Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) for analyses of pesticides in food of animal origin and PCBs and Dioxins in food and feed; - WHO Reference Laboratory for analyses of human milk samples for POPs.
Total Size (in square meters) : 10000
Dedicated to POPs Analysis : 750
Does the laboratory offer services to national and international customers ? : Yes
How long has the laboratory been operational (year) : 1950
Experience with POPs analysis since (starting year) : Pesticides : 1970
PCB : 1980
PCDD/PCDF : 1990
BFR :
PFC :