Food Chemistry - Volume 193: 10th International Food Data Conference (IFDC): Joining nutrition, agriculture and food safety through food compositionA EuroFIR quality management framework was developed to assure data quality of food composition
data, incorporating several recommendations developed or improved during the EuroFIR projects. A flow
chart of the compilation process with standard operating procedures to assure critical steps was the starting
point. Recommendations for food description, component identification, value documentation, recipe
calculation, quality evaluation of values, guidelines to assess analytical methods, document and data
repositories and training opportunities were harmonized as elements of the quality framework.
European food composition database organizations reached consensus on the EuroFIR quality framework
and started implementation. Peer reviews of the European compiler organizations were organized to
evaluate the quality framework, focusing on what was achieved and on improvements needed. The
reviews demonstrated that European food database compilers have made good use of standards and
guidelines produced by EuroFIR, as well as a common understanding that a quality framework is essential
to assure food composition data quality.The authors would like to thank all colleagues in the EuroFIR projects who have contributed to this work.
The work was supported by the EuroFIR Network of Excellence (FOOD-CT-2005-513944), funded under the EU 6th Framework Food Quality and Safety Programme, and its follow-up project EuroFIR NEXUS (GA-265967), funded under the EU 7th Framework Programme.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
