# Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

the federal animal-health institute is the national reference lab for avian influenza, issuing the monthly Radar Bulletin and feeding the TSIS notification system.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/fli/
Updated: 2026-07-01

- Country: Germany

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | 112.1 million Euro total expenditure in 2021 | https://www.bundesrechnungshof.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Berichte/2025/einzelplan-2026/10-volltext.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3, https://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/2022/hginfo_2022_FLI.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=5 |
| Headquarters | Insel Riems, Greifswald, Germany | https://www.bmleh.de/DE/ministerium/organisation/einrichtungen/fli-vorstellung.html, https://www.bundesrechnungshof.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Berichte/2018/forschungsaktivitaeten-herkunft-und-verwendung-der-mittel-im-friedrich-loeffler-institut-volltext.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1 |
| Production site | Multiple locations: Insel Riems, Jena, Braunschweig, Celle, Mariensee, Tübingen, Wusterhausen | https://lohmann-breeders.com/lohmanninfo/100-years-friedrich-loeffler-institut-fli/, https://www.bmleh.de/DE/ministerium/organisation/einrichtungen/fli-vorstellung.html, https://www.bundesrechnungshof.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Berichte/2018/forschungsaktivitaeten-herkunft-und-verwendung-der-mittel-im-friedrich-loeffler-institut-volltext.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1 |
| Headcount | Approximately 850-900 employees | https://www.bmleh.de/DE/ministerium/organisation/einrichtungen/fli-vorstellung.html, https://www.bundesrechnungshof.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Berichte/2018/forschungsaktivitaeten-herkunft-und-verwendung-der-mittel-im-friedrich-loeffler-institut-volltext.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1 |
| Regulatory approval | National approval body for veterinary infectious diagnostics | https://ghpp.de/en/institutes/friedrich-loeffler-institut/, https://www.bmleh.de/DE/ministerium/organisation/einrichtungen/fli-vorstellung.html |
| Certification | National reference laboratory for numerous notifiable animal diseases, including avian influenza; WOAH and FAO reference centre/laboratory for various diseases | https://ghpp.de/en/institutes/friedrich-loeffler-institut/, https://www.bmleh.de/DE/ministerium/organisation/einrichtungen/fli-vorstellung.html, https://www.fli.de/en/institutes/institute-of-diagnostic-virology-ivd/reference-laboratories/woah-fao-and-nrl-for-ai/, https://www.fli.de/en/services/national-reference-laboratories/list-of-animal-diseases/, https://www.fli.de/en/startpage |

Independent sources: bmleh.de, bundesrechnungshof.de, fli.de, ghpp.de, lohmann-breeders.com, wissenschaftsrat.de

## Technologies

- [One Health — zoonosis & AMR monitoring as a service](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/one-health-zoonosis-amr-monitoring/)