Office for Risk Assessment & Research

BuRO provides independent advice to the Inspector-General of the NVWA, to the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, or the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. The science-based risk assessments encompass food safety, consumer product safety, animal health, animal welfare, plant health, and nature. Advice can be provided upon request or upon BuRO’s own initiative.

• Signal advice from BuRO on sampling wilderness meat from floodplains (07-11-2024)
• Advice from BuRO Regarding the health risks of insufficient UV protection in sunscreen products (08-10-2024)
• Advice from BuRO on the safety of food supplements (24-04-2024)
• Advice from BuRO on PFAS in home-produced chicken eggs (13-03-2024)
• Advice from BuRO on the health risks of ozone emissions from air purifiers (6-10-2023)
• Advice of the Office for Risk Assessment & Research on the risks to humans, animals and nature in the fish supply chain (11-09-2023)
• Advice of the Office for Risk Assessment & Research on cyanotoxines in surface water for agricultural use (07-07-2023)
• Advice from BuRO on the health risks of environmental contaminants in wilderness meat from floodplains (27-02-2023)
• Advice of the Office for Risk Assessment & Research on the implementation of the National Residues Plan (31-01-2023)
• Advice from BuRO on the use of sensor technology to promote animal welfare in slaughterhouses (9-11-2022)
• Advise of BuRO on risks in the consumer products domain (05-07-2022)
• Advice from BuRO on pharmacologically active substances in food supplements (07-12-2021)
• Advice from BuRo on the risks of chlorate in food for infants and toddlers (29-10-2021)
• Advice on Time-Temperature Indicators on Food Products (29-10-2021)
• Advisory Report from BuRO on Risks in the Potato Production Chain (19-10-2021)
• Advisory Report by BuRO on the Risks of the Ornamental Horticulture Production Chain (28-09-2021)
• Advisory Report by BuRO concerning the implementation of regulations that will regulate veterinary usage of antibiotics (25-06-2021)
• Advice of BuRO on the risks of four Asian knotweeds in the Netherlands (30-03-2021)
• Advice of BuRO on the risks of Crassula helmsii in the Netherlands (30-03-2021)
• Advice of BuRO on avian influenza virus in mechanically separated poultry meat (03-03-2021)
• Advice from BuRO on the evaluation of the Animals Act (26-02-2021)
• Advice from BuRO on the health risks of bamboo cups (16-02-2021)
• Advice from BuRO on the Mobile Slaughter Unit pilot project in the north of the Netherlands (20-11-2020)
• Advice on the transport of finisher pigs and broilers during (extremely) high temperatures (25-09-2020)
• Advice on the risks of certain models of boilers of the Nefit brand (04-05-2020)
• Advice on PFOA and GenX in food (16-04-2020)
• Advice on animal and public health risks of insects reared on former foodstuffs as raw material for animal feed (20-02-2020)
• Opinion of BuRO on possible health effects of the food additive titanium dioxide (E171) (24-09-2019)
• Opinion of BuRO on the risks of consuming meat from the body (brown meat) of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) for the Dutch consumer (11-06-2019)
• Advice of BuRO on the suitability of disinfectant VR 2827-3 in slaughterhouses (17-12-2018)
• Advice of BuRO on MDMA in maize (01-03-2018)
• Advice of BuRO on the risks in the egg supply chain (09-02-2018)
• Advice of BuRO on the risks in the poultry meat supply chain (09-02-2018)
• Advice of BuRO on pascalisation of milk (18-12-2017)
• Advice of BuRO on 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) (16-11-2017)
• Advice of BuRO on the options to extend the list of foods that are exempted from the requirement to bear a date mark (21-06-2016)
• Advice of BuRO on preliminary doses for food allergens (02-06-2016)
• Advice of BuRO on the risks in the red meat supply chain (01-10-2015)
• Advisory report on the risks associated with the consumption of mass-reared insects (15-10-2014)
• Advisory report on dietary nitrate (10-10-2014)
• Detecting and controlling of emerging risks (11-07-2013)
• Recommendations on the risks of tuberculosis and cysticercosis in veal calves in the event of changes in inspection policy (11-03-2013)
• Risks to the public health from horsemeat of unknown origin (05-03-2013)
• Intake of artificial sweeteners by children in the Netherlands (04-11-2011)
• Statement to investigate possible health effects of nano-silica particles in food (30-11-2010)
• Opinion on the health risks of petting zoos and care farms (26-08-2010)
• Opinion on perfluoralkyl compounds in Dutch food (18-08-2010)
• Advice on the food safety aspects of volcanic ash from Iceland (06-05-2010)
• Recommendations on the risks from Coxiella burnetii in foodstuffs originating from sheep and goats (04-05-2010)
• Recommendation on ragwort in animal feed (31-03-2010)
• Recommendations on risks of biogenic amines in cheese (10-03-2010)
• Opinion on salt intake of Dutch children (02-12-2009)
• Opinion on Dutch children and the intake of artificial sweeteners (02-12-2009)
• Recommendation on chemical contaminants in mineral clay (01-10-2009)
• Opinion on the new influenza A (H1N1) virus (14-09-2009)
• Opinion on recommendations concerning risks of introduction of animals from a herd with Q-fever into another herd (03-09-2009)
• Recommendation on the feeding of undercooked dairy (by)products (07-07-2009)
• Opinion on the risks of farmed fish (25-06-2009)
• Opinion on the safety of orally ingested probiotics (19-06-2009)
• Recommendation on the risk of Q fever related to manure (11-06-2009)
• Opinion on the recommendation on temperature control for transport of foodstuffs by sea (26-05-2009)
• Opinion on the safety of alcohol in combination with energy drinks (06-05-2009)
• Recommendation on vectors and vector-transmitted diseases (21-04-2009)
• Recommendations concerning standardisation of melamine (08-04-2009)
• Risk-benefit assessment of foods (24-02-2009)
• Opinion on children and chemical substances in their diet (05-01-2009)