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.

EuroFIR AISBL
FounderFormer partner institutions of EuroFIR NoE
TypeNon-profit
Location
  • Brussels, Belgium
Area served
Worldwide
ProductFood Information
MethodResearch, 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
Websiteeurofir.org

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.

InstitutionAcronymCountry
Agricultural University of AthensAUAGreece
British Nutrition FoundationBNFUnited Kingdom
ETH ZurichETHZSwitzerland
French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and SafetyANSES *France
Food Research InstituteFRI *Slovakia
FoodCon[6]FCNBelgium
Hellenic Health Foundation[7]HHF *Greece
Institute of Food ResearchIFR *United Kingdom
Institute of Medical Research, University of BelgradeIMR *Serbia
Institute of Public Health and the Environment RIVM *Netherlands
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo JorgeINSA *Portugal
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la NutrizioneINRAN *Italy
Ricerca dell'Istituto Europeo di OncologicaIEO *Italy
National Food & Nutrition Institute[8]NFNIPoland
National Institute for Health and WelfareTHL *Finland
Nutrienten Belgie vzw[9]NUBEL *Belgium
National Food Administration NFA *Sweden
Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSLUSweden
The National Food Institute at the Technical University of DenmarkDTU *Denmark
The Norwegian Food Safety AuthorityNFSANorway
Tubitak Marmara Research CentreTUBITAK *Turkey
University College CorkUCC *Ireland
University of HelsinkiUHELFinland
University of LeedsULUnited Kingdom
Wageningen University WUNetherlands

Associate members

(*) Member organisations, which are also national food composition database compilers.

InstitutionAcronymCountry
Food Centre of Food and Veterinary Service of LatviaFCF-VS *Latvia
Food Standards Australia New ZealandFSANZ *Australia
Gent UniversityUGENTBelgium
Government of CanadaCanada
Institute of Agricultural Economics and InformationIAEICzech Republic
Josef Stefan InstituteJSI *Slovenia
Matis - Icelandic Food and Biotech R&DMATIS *Iceland
Max Rubner InstituteMRI *Germany
State Environmental Health CentreSEHC *Lithuania
University of GranadaUGR *Spain
University of ViennaUVIAustria

Ordinary members
InstitutionAcronymCountry
Culmarex S.A.Spain
Ian D. Unwin Food Information ConsultancyIDUFICUnited Kingdom
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Balearic IslandsSpain
PolytecPolytecDenmark
Procter & GambleUnited Kingdom
REPLY SanterREPLYItaly
Treviso Tecnologia - Azienda Speciale per l'Innovazione della Camera Di Commercio Di TrevisoTVTItaly
Uzhhorod National University Medical FacultyThe Ukraine
Universidad Complutense De MadridSpain
Universidad Politecnica de CartagenaUPCTSpain
Universita Del SalentoItaly
University of LjubljanaUoLSlovenia
University of VigoUoVSpain
University of WolverhamptonUoWUnited Kingdom
Verein zur Förderung des Technologietransfers an der Hochschule Bremerhaven e.V.TTZGermany
vitakid gemeinnützige GmbHGermany
Zeinler Financial & Partner GmbHAustria

Honoured members
InstitutionAcronymCountry
Danish Food InformationDFI *Denmark

List of EuroFIR AISBL key people, members and collaborators on the EuroFIR website.[10]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Foodcon Food processing Plant Design Consultants". www.foodcon.com.
  7. "Hellenic Health Foundation". www.hhf-greece.gr.
  8. "Main page". www.izz.waw.pl.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-11-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "EuroFIR » EuroFIR Members". www.eurofir.org. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  • 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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