RIKILT

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RIKILT Wageningen is part of the international knowledge organisation Wageningen University & Research centre. RIKILT conducts independent research into the safety and reliability of food. The institute is specialised in detecting and identifying substances in food and animal feed and determining the functionality and effect of those substances.

RIKILT advises national and international governments on establishing standards and methods of analysis. RIKILT is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week in cases of incidents and food crises.

The research institute in Wageningen is the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for milk, genetically modified organisms, and nearly all chemical substances, and is also the European Union Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for substances with hormonal effects.

RIKILT is a member of various national and international expertise centres and networks. Most of our work is commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the new Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. Other parties commissioning our work include the European Union, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), foreign governments, social organisations, and businesses.