NRL Network
List of NRLs for Campylobacter (and other official laboratories of corresponding status) in EU Member States and Non-EU.
Albania
Contact person
Renis Maci
Email
renis.maci@isuv.gov.al
renismaci@hotmail.com
Institute
Food Safety and Veterinary Institute
Rr. Aleksander Moisiu nr 82
1001 Tirana
Albania
Tel.: +35 56 999 43891
Website: www.isuv.gov.al/en/
Austria
Contact person
Sandra Köberl-Jelovcan
Email
sandra.koeberl-jelovcan@ages.at
Institute
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene Graz
Beethovenstrasse 6
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Tel.: +43 50 555 61262
Website: www.ages.at
Belgium
Contact person
Koenraad Van Hoorde
Email
koenraad.vanhoorde@sciensano.be
Institute
Sciensano
Rue J. Wytsmanstraat 14
1050 Brussels,
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 642 52 16
Website: www.sciensano.be
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contact person
Amira Koro-Spahic
Institute
Veterinary Institute - Veterinary Faculty
Laboratory for bacteriology and mycology
Ismeta Alajbegovica Serbe 7
71 210 Ilidza
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel.: +387 33 618 832
Website: www.vfs.unsa.ba
Bulgaria
Contact person
Mihail Milanov
Institute
NRL "Salmonella, Campylobacter, Staphylococci and Antimicrobial Resistance"
National Centre of Food Safety
NDRVMI,
Blvd. Pencho Slaveykov, 15
1606 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel.: +35 92 952 37 23
Website: www.ndnivmi.bg
Croatia
Animals
Contact person
Luka Jurinovic
Email
jurinovic@veinst.hr
Institute
Croatian Veterinary Institute, Poultry Centre
Heinzelova 55
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 2441 394/2440 212
Website: www.veinst.hr
Food
Contact person
Dora Tomašković
Email
stojevic@veinst.hr
Institute
Croatian Veterinary Institute, Laboratory for Food Microbiology
Heinzelova 55
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 6123 611
Website: www.veinst.hr
Cyprus
Contact person
Eleni Papageorgiou
Email
eetzp@vs.moa.gov.cy
Institute
Laboratory for the Control of Food of Animal Origin (LCFAO)
Veterinary Services
1417 Nicosia
Cyprus
Website: www.moa.gov.cy/moa/vs/vs.nsf
Czech Republic
Contact person
Nikola Hulínová Štromerová
Email
nstromerova@svuol.cz
Institute
State Veterinary Institute Olomouc
Jakoubka ze Stribra c. 1
CZ-779 00 Olomouc
Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 585 557 337
Website: www.svuolomouc.cz
Denmark
Contact person
Annette Nygaard Jensen
Email
anyj@food.dtu.dk
Institute
Technical University of Denmark. National Food Institute, Research Group for Food Microbiology and Hygiene
Henrik Dams Allé, Building 202
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
Tel.: +45 3588 6328
Website: www.food.dtu.dk
Estonia
Contact person
Toomas Kramarenko
Email
toomas.kramarenko@labris.agri.ee
Institute
National Centre for Laboratory Research and Risk Assessment (LABRIS)
Kreutzwaldi 30
Tartu 51006
Estonia
Tel.: +372 7 386136
Website: www.labris.ee
Finland
Contact person
Anniina Jaakkonen
Email
anniina.jaakkonen@ruokavirasto.fi
Institute
Finnish Food Authority
Laboratory and Research
Microbiology Unit
Mustialankatu 3
00790 Helsinki
Finland
Tel.: +358 40 162 1922
Website: www.foodauthority.fi
France
Contact person
Martine Denis
Amandine Thépault
Email
martine.denis@anses.fr
amandine.thepault@anses.fr
Institute
Anses-Ploufragan/Plouzané/Niort laboratory
BP 53
F-22 440 Ploufragan
France
Tel.: +33 296 016 231 or +33 296 018 532
Website: www.anses.fr
Germany
Contact person
Kerstin Stingl
Email
Kerstin.Stingl@bfr.bund.de
Institute
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, (BfR)
Nationales Referenzlabor für Campylobacter Fachgruppe
Lebensmittelmikrobiologie, Erreger-Wirt-Interaktionen
Diedersdorfer Weg 1
D-12277 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49 30 18412 24206
Website: www.bfr.bund.de
Greece
Contact person
Ioanna Apostolou
Email
vetlabioannina@gmail.com
iapostolou@minagric.gr
Institute
Veterinary Laboratory of Ioannina
Directorate of Veterinary Center of Thessaloniki
2 Chr. Katsari str.
GR 452 21, Ioannina
Greece
Tel.: +30 26510 27396
Website: www.minagric.gr
Hungary
Contact person
Zsuzsanna Sréterné Lancz
Email
lanczzs@nebih.gov.hu
Institute
National Food Chain
Safety Office
Food Chain Safety Laboratory Directorate
Microbiological National Reference Laboratory
H-1095 Budapest, Mester utca 81.
Hungary
Tel.: +36 1 456 3010
Website: www.nebih.gov.hu
Iceland
Contact person
Lilja Þorsteinsdóttir
Email
liljath@hi.is
Institute
Keldur, Institute for Experimental Pathology
Keldnavegi 3
IS- 112
Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel.: +354 585 5100
Website: keldur.is
Ireland
Contact person
William Byrne
Email
william.byrne@agriculture.gov.ie
Institute
Department of Agriculture & Food and Marine Laboratories,
Backweston,
Co Kildare
Ireland
Tel.: +353-1-6157235
Website: www.gov.ie
Italy
Contact person
Giuliano Garofolo
Email
g.garofolo@izs.it
Institute
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise
Via Campo Boario 64100 Teramo
Italy
Tel.: +39 0861332411 – 461
Website: www.izs.it
Latvia
Contact person
Jelena Avsejenko
Madara Streikiša
Email
jelena.avsejenko@bior.lv
madara.streikisa@bior.lv
Institute
Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR",
Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathology
Lejupes street 3, Riga,
LV-1076,
Latvia
Tel.: +371 28645846 and +371 67620526
Website: www.bior.gov.lv
Lithuania
Contact person
Jovita Petruskevicienè
Email
jovita.petruskeviciene@nmvrvi.lt
Institute
National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute
J. Kairiukscio str. 10
LT-08409 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel.: +370 5 2780477
Website: www.nmvrvi.lt
Luxembourg
Contact person
Lena De Baets
Email
lena.DeBaets@alva.etat.lu
Institue
Laboratoire Vétérinaire et Alimentaire (LVA)
1, rue Louis Rech
L-3555 Dudelange
Luxembourg
Tel.: +352 247 82 544
Contact person
Catherine Ragimbeau
Email
catherine.ragimbeau@lns.etat.lu
Institute
Laboratore National de Santé, LNS
1, rue Louis Rech
L-3555 Dudelange
Luxembourg
Tel.: +352 28 100 511
Website: www.lns.lu
Malta
Contact person
Renato Zerafa
Email
renato.zerafa@gov.mt
Institute
Public Health Laboratory,
Evans Building Lower Merchants Street,
Valletta VLT 1179
Malta
Tel.: +356 21235658
Norway
Contact person
Bjarne Bergsjø
Email
bjarne.bergsjo@vetinst.no
Institute
Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Section of Bacteriology
Arboretveien 57
1433 Ås
Norway
Tel.: +47 915 98 780
Website: www.vetinst.no
Poland
Contact person
Jacek Osek
Institute
National Veterinary Research Institute,
Department of Food Safety
Al. Partyzantow 57,
24-100 Pulawy
Poland
Tel.: +48 81 889 30 00
Website: www.piwet.pulawy.pl
Portugal
Animals
Contact persons
Maria Barahona
Célia Leão
Email
maria.barahona@iniav.pt
celia.leao@iniav.pt
Institute
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV)
Av. da República, Quinta do Marquês
2780-157 Oeiras
Portugal
Tel.: +351 214403500
Website: www.iniav.pt
Food and animal feed
Contact person
Hugo Guedes
Email
hugo.guedes@iniav.pt
Institute
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV)
Rua dos Lagidos – Lugar da Madalena
4485-655 Vairão VCD,
Portugal
Tel.: +351 252 660 600
Website: www.iniav.pt
Republic of Kosovo
Contact person
Kujtim Uka
Institute
Kosovo Food and Veterinary Laboratory (FVL)
Kosovo Food and Veterinary Agency (KFVA)
Lidhja e Pejës, # 241
10000, Prishtina
Kosovo
Tel.: +383 38 200 38 306
Website: https://auvk.rks-gov.net
Republic of North Macedonia
Contact person
Dean Jankuloski
Email
djankuloski@fvm.ukim.edu.mk
Institute
Food Institute
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Lazar Pop Trajkov 5-7
1000 Skopje
Republic of North Macedonia
Tel.: +389 2 3240 720
Website: www.fvm.ukim.edu.mk
Romania
Animals
Contact person
Luminita Maria Romascu
Institute
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health
Dr. Staicovici Street, No 63, Postcode 0050557
Bucharest
Romania
Tel.: +40 37 432 2013
Website: www.idah.ro
Food of animal origin
Contact person
Alexandra Mirea
Institute
Institute for Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health
Sos.Oltenitei nr 35-37, cod041293, sect. 4, Bucharest
Romania
Tel.: +40 21 252 4651
Website: www.iispv.ro
Serbia
Contact person
Branko Velebit
Institute
Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Kaćanskog 13
110 40 Belgrade
Serbia
Tel.: +381 11 2650 655
Website: www.inmes.rs
Slovakia
Contact person
Andrea Mojžišová
Institute
Veterinary and Food institute in Dolný Kubín
Jánoškova 1611/58
026 01 Dolný Kubín
Slovakia
Tel.: +421 43 5837 160
Website: www.svpu.sk
Slovenia
Contact person
Igor Gruntar
Email
igor.gruntar@vf.uni-lj.si
Institute
University of Ljubljana
Veterinary Faculty,
National Veterinary Institute
NRL for Campylobacter
Gerbičeva 60,
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 47 79 168 and +386 1 47 79 100
Website: www.vf.uni-lj.si
Spain
Contact person
Ana Sisó Nadal
Email
asiso@aesan.gob.es
Institute
Centro Nacional de Alimentación.
Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (AESAN OA)
Ctra. Pozuelo-Majadahonda Km. 5,1
28220 Majadahonda. Madrid.
Spain
Tel.: +349 133 80 926
Website: www.aesan.gob.es
Contact person
Iratxe Pérez Cobo
Email
iperezco@mapa.es
Institute
Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria de Algete
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA)
Carretera de Algete M-106, km 1,4
28110 Algete (Madrid)
Spain
Tel.: +34 91 347 92 68
Website: www.mapa.gob.es
Sweden
Animals and animal feed
Contact person
Helena Höök
Email
helena.hook@sva.se
Institute
Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt (SVA)
SE-751 89 Uppsala
Sweden
Tel.: +46 18 67 40 00
Website: www.sva.se
Food
Contact persons
Hilde Riedel
Lorena Grubisic
Email
hilde.riedel@slv.se
lorena.grubisic@slv.se
Institute
Livsmedelsverket (Swedish Food Agency)
Box 622
SE-751 26 Uppsala
Sweden
Tel.: +46 18 17 53 34 and +46 72 14 39 630
Website: www.slv.se
Switzerland
Animals
Contact person
Gudrun Overesch
Institute
Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern
National Centre for Zoonoses, Bacterial Animal Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (ZOBA),
Laenggass-Strasse 122
CH – 3012 Bern
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 31 684 24 38
Website: www.vbi.unibe.ch
Food
Contact person
Roger Stephan
Email
roger.stephan@uzh.ch
Institute
Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 272
CH – 8057 Zürich
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 635 86 51
Website: www.ils.uzh.ch
The Netherlands
Contact person
Miriam Koene
Conny van Solt
Email
miriam.koene@wur.nl
conny.vansolt@wur.nl
Institute
Wageningen Bioveterinary Research
PO Box 65
8200 AB Lelystad
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 320 238 425
Website: www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Research-Institutes/Bioveterinary-Research.htm
Northen Ireland
Contact person
Inge Van Damme
Email
inge.vandamme@sciensano.be
Institute
Sciensano
Rue J. Wytsmanstraat 14
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 642 51 04
Website: www.sciensano.be
Great Britain
Animals
Contact person
John Rodgers
Institute
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
Woodham Lane, New Haw
Addlestone, Surrey
KT15 3NB
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 20802 69759
Website: www.gov.uk/apha
Food
Contact person
Shona Neal
Email
shona.neal@ukhsa.gov.uk
fwe.nrl@ukhsa.gov.uk
Institute
UK Health Security Agency
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5EQ
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 20 8327 7325
Website: UK Health Security Agency - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Last reviewed 12/06/2025