National Food Institute (DTU FOOD) is a research institute at the Technical University of Denmark. The institute has approx. 270 employees organized in 5 departments: Microbiology and Risk Assessment, Nutrition, Chemistry, Food Technology, and Toxicology and Risk Assessment. The National Food Institute focuses on public health in relation to human nutrition, food safety, environment and health. Activities include the aspects of food products throughout the entire food chain, from primary agricultural production and industrial processing to preparation in the consumer's home and evaluating the impact on human health. The main disciplines are nutrition, chemistry, toxicology, microbiology and epidemiology. The activities include research, scientifically based risk assessments and advisory services to Danish and international authorities and industry. The institute monitors food consumption patterns and the national food safety situation, and provide diagnostic and analytical services mainly based on accredited and standardised analysis methods. The institute is the focal point of EFSA and is part of the national food safety contingency plan and is the national reference laboratory for chemical and microbial food safety. (Jeffrey Hoorfar, Solveig Lind Bouquin)