Shock for 26 employees: Laboratory in Neubrandenburg closes 2028!

Shock for 26 employees: Laboratory in Neubrandenburg closes 2028!

Demminer Straße 46, 17033 Neubrandenburg, Deutschland - The closure of an important location in Neubrandenburg creates a bad mood among the employees and could have far -reaching consequences for food control in the region. According to a message dated June 24, 2025 by Stephan Goltermann, the first director of the State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fishing Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the laboratory location at Demminer Strasse 46 is closed in the medium term. A total of 26 employees are affected by this decision, which not only questions their professional future, but also the food safety in the region, reports the Nordkurier.

The decision is based on the "current and forecast personnel and financial resources" of the State Office. The location has a long tradition in the control of food, especially in checking milk, dairy products as well as grain and grain products. With the planned changes, the departments 350 and 360 are to be implemented to Rostock. The situation is particularly explosive through the fact that the building was still renovated and modernized in 2019. Now the employees concerned are facing an uncertain future, many of them have worked their whole life in consumer protection.

consumer protection in focus

The loss of this location is seen as a significant setback for Neubrandenburg and the eastern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The processing should be carried out by 2028 at the latest - a long way that requires clear conversations and measures in the next six weeks. While there is a lack of answers from the Ministry of Agriculture in Schwerin, the employees concerned are skeptical about the closure and fear that the safety of food in the region could be endangered.

The importance of food safety cannot be assessed high enough. In Germany, all food sold, including import products, must be safe. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) ensures that legal regulations in relation to additives, residues and labels are observed. Official food surveillance plays a crucial role here in order to examine the agreement with the prescribed standards. In 2023, around 458,939 companies will be checked risk -oriented, which corresponds to around 36% of all foods processing in Germany, as can be read on the BMEL website.

not only a transparent labeling of the food and their ingredients are required, and new ingredients and products must also meet the strict requirements. It is particularly gratifying that the maximum of the EU has been set for trans fatty acids in food and that genetically modified foods have to be marked accordingly since 2004. In view of the currently planned closures and the resulting potential challenges for food safety, it is all the more important that the existing rules are still effectively implemented.

The future and the preservation of locations such as that in Neubrandenburg are crucial to guarantee consumer protection in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and beyond. It remains to be seen whether the employees will receive support in the coming time and how regional food safety can be secured.

For further information and developments on food safety in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the official sides of the state government [here] (https://www. government-mv.de/landes government/lm/ consumer conservation/lebenspensicherkeit/) and the BMEL [here] (https://www.bmel.de/de/themen/ consciousness protection/szussmittelsicherheit/Szußmittelsicherheit_node.html) recommended. The Nordkurier also remains a reliable source for the latest news about the closure of the location in Neubrandenburg [here] (https://www.nordkurier.de/regional/mecklenburg-vorpommern/schock-fuer-26-mi employee-stin-neubrandenburg-werd-chnt--dahl-tal-