European Food Information Resource Network
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| Founder | Former partner institutions of EuroFIR NoE |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit |
| Location |
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Area served | Worldwide |
| Product | Food Information |
| Method | Research, service provision, consultancy |
Members | 80 |
Key people |
Paul Finglas (President) Prof Maria Glibetic, Prof Barbara Korousic Seljak, Dr Aida Turrini, Luísa Oliveira and Susanne Westenbrink (Executive directors) |
Employees | 4 |
| Website |
eurofir |
EuroFIR (European Food Information Resource) is a non-profit international Association, which supports use of existing food composition data and future resources through cooperation and harmonization of data quality,[1] functionality and global standards.
The purpose of the Association is the development, management, publication and exploitation of food composition data, and the promotion of international cooperation and harmonization through improved data quality, food composition database searchability and standards, for example, with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) on the standard for food data.[2] Other work includes that on ethnic [3] and traditional foods [4] and critical evaluation of data on nutrients [5]
Membership
Full members
(*) Member organisations, which are also national food composition database compilers.
Associate members
(*) Member organisations, which are also national food composition database compilers.
| Institution | Acronym | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Food Centre of Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia | FCF-VS * | Latvia |
| Food Standards Australia New Zealand | FSANZ * | Australia |
| Gent University | UGENT | Belgium |
| Government of Canada | Canada | |
| Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information | IAEI | Czech Republic |
| Josef Stefan Institute | JSI * | Slovenia |
| Matis - Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D | MATIS * | Iceland |
| Max Rubner Institute | MRI * | Germany |
| State Environmental Health Centre | SEHC * | Lithuania |
| University of Granada | UGR * | Spain |
| University of Vienna | UVI | Austria |
Ordinary members
| Institution | Acronym | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Culmarex S.A. | Spain | |
| Ian D. Unwin Food Information Consultancy | IDUFIC | United Kingdom |
| Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Balearic Islands | Spain | |
| Polytec | Polytec | Denmark |
| Procter & Gamble | United Kingdom | |
| REPLY Santer | REPLY | Italy |
| Treviso Tecnologia - Azienda Speciale per l'Innovazione della Camera Di Commercio Di Treviso | TVT | Italy |
| Uzhhorod National University Medical Faculty | The Ukraine | |
| Universidad Complutense De Madrid | Spain | |
| Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena | UPCT | Spain |
| Universita Del Salento | Italy | |
| University of Ljubljana | UoL | Slovenia |
| University of Vigo | UoV | Spain |
| University of Wolverhampton | UoW | United Kingdom |
| Verein zur Förderung des Technologietransfers an der Hochschule Bremerhaven e.V. | TTZ | Germany |
| vitakid gemeinnützige GmbH | Germany | |
| Zeinler Financial & Partner GmbH | Austria |
Honoured members
| Institution | Acronym | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Danish Food Information | DFI * | Denmark |
List of EuroFIR AISBL key people, members and collaborators on the EuroFIR website.[6]
References
- ↑ Bell, S; Pakkala, H; Finglas, MP (Jun 2012). "Towards a European food composition data interchange platform". Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 82 (3): 209–15.
- ↑ Becker, W (Nov 2010). "CEN/TC387 Food Data (2010) Towards a CEN Standard on food data". Eur J Clin Nutr. 64 (Suppl 3): S49–52. doi:10.1038/ejcn.2010.210.
- ↑ Khokhar, S; Garduño-Diaz, SD; Marletta, L; Shahar, DR; Ireland, JD; Jansen-; van der Vliet, M; de Henauw, S (2012). "Mineral composition of commonly consumed ethnic foods in Europe". Food Nutr Res. 56. doi:10.3402/fnr.v56i0.17665.
- ↑ Costa, HS; Vasilopoulou, E; Trichopoulou, A; Finglas, P; Participants; EuroFIR Traditional, Foods Work Package (2010). "New nutritional data on traditional foods for European food composition databases". Eur J Clin Nutr. 64 (Suppl 3): S73–81. doi:10.1038/ejcn.2010.215.
- ↑ Bouckaert, KP; Slimani, N; Nicolas, G; Vignat, J; Wright, AJ; Roe, M; Witthöft, CM; Finglas, PM (2011). "Critical evaluation of folate data in European and international databases: recommendations for standardization in international nutritional studies". Mol Nutr Food Res. 55 (1): 166–80. doi:10.1002/mnfr.201000391.
- ↑ EuroFIR AISBL people Retrieved 8. August 2012
External links
- EuroFIR website
- INFOODS – International Network of Food Data Systems
- Codex Alimentarius – Set up by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme.
- LanguaL – The International Framework for Food Description
- EFSA – European Food Safety Authority
- CEN – European Committee for Standardisation