The EuroFIR Food Platform: Further integration, refinement and exploitation for its long-term self-sustainability-Report on Framework for certification Scheme

Certification of compiler organizations is an issue that is part of Workpackage1 on quality standards, certification and thesauri support. Task 1.2.2 requires assessment of 20 national FCDB compiler organisations during the EuroFIR Nexus project. This report describes a framework for the process of evaluating quality assurance procedures related to the process of compilation, management and publication of food composition data. Each compiler organization will be organized and work in different ways but compilers are expected to work within the general framework described by the EuroFIR generic compilation flowchart and will compile data that is compatible with the Eurofir technical annex and with the CEN standard. The aim of the evaluation audits will be to identify strengths and weaknesses of each compiler organisation and improve quality systems through identification and dissemination of ‘best practice’ processes.FP