European Food Information Resource Network
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.
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| Founder | Former partner institutions of EuroFIR NoE |
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| Type | Non-profit |
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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 |
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 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.
| Institution | Acronym | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural University of Athens | AUA | Greece |
| British Nutrition Foundation | BNF | United Kingdom |
| ETH Zurich | ETHZ | Switzerland |
| French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety | ANSES * | France |
| Food Research Institute | FRI * | Slovakia |
| FoodCon[6] | FCN | Belgium |
| Hellenic Health Foundation[7] | HHF * | Greece |
| Institute of Food Research | IFR * | United Kingdom |
| Institute of Medical Research, University of Belgrade | IMR * | Serbia |
| Institute of Public Health and the Environment | RIVM * | Netherlands |
| Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge | INSA * | Portugal |
| Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione | INRAN * | Italy |
| Ricerca dell'Istituto Europeo di Oncologica | IEO * | Italy |
| National Food & Nutrition Institute[8] | NFNI | Poland |
| National Institute for Health and Welfare | THL * | Finland |
| Nutrienten Belgie vzw[9] | NUBEL * | Belgium |
| National Food Administration | NFA * | Sweden |
| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | SLU | Sweden |
| The National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark | DTU * | Denmark |
| The Norwegian Food Safety Authority | NFSA | Norway |
| Tubitak Marmara Research Centre | TUBITAK * | Turkey |
| University College Cork | UCC * | Ireland |
| University of Helsinki | UHEL | Finland |
| University of Leeds | UL | United Kingdom |
| Wageningen University | WU | Netherlands |
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.[10]
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. PMC 3389737.
- 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.
- "Foodcon Food processing Plant Design Consultants". www.foodcon.com.
- "Hellenic Health Foundation". www.hhf-greece.gr.
- "Main page". www.izz.waw.pl.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-11-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "EuroFIR » EuroFIR Members". www.eurofir.org. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
External links
- Official website of EuroFIR/European Food Information Resource
- INFOODS – International Network of Food Data Systems
- Codex Alimentarius – Set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under their Joint Food Standards Programme.
- LanguaL – The International Framework for Food Description
- EFSA – European Food Safety Authority
- CEN – European Committee for Standardisation
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