FoodEx2 maintenance 2022

Abstract

FoodEx2 is a comprehensive food classification and description system developed and maintained by EFSA to provide a standardized terminology backbone for representing and interpreting samples across the entire food safety risk assessment lifecycle, from data collection across different food and feed safety domains (e.g., monitoring of pesticides residues or biological hazards) to exposure assessment. To keep this terminology and sample coding framework fit-for-purpose, meeting evolving scientific and legislative requirements, a regular maintenance of this system is of utmost importance. Five major updates were carried out so far, with all performed changes documented in annual maintenance reports. This technical report describes the outcome of the sixth maintenance process done in 2022, which contained addition of new terms, inclusion of a novel hierarchy, reportability changes of some terms and amendments to existing terms including enrichment of implicit facets and changes of the hierarchical relationships.

Development of a Database of LanguaLTM and FoodEx2 Codes of 50 Ready-to-Eat Products

“…LanguaL TM [ 17 , 18 ] and FoodEx2 [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ] coding software were chosen for the coding of these products because they are recognized by different European and international bodies for their widespread use in food classification and description.…”

“…A double-check was made by another qualified compiler. The latest versions of the LanguaL TM system [ 17 , 18 ] and FoodEx2, Revision 2 [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ] were used.…”

“…LanguaL™ [ 17 , 18 ] is a multi-faceted food classification system that allows systematic food description using a diversified set of facet terms and different levels of detail. FoodEx2 [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ] represents a system of flexible combinations of classifications and descriptions based on a hierarchical system for different food safety-related domains. The FoodEx2 system is now at its Revision 2 version.…”

“…The FoodEx2 [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ] is a standardized food classification and description system developed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). It consists of a lot of individual food items aggregated into a large set of 21 food groups clearly defined and organized in a hierarchical relationship that represent the minimum recommended level for coding during data collection.…”

Nutritional Data on Selected Food Products Consumed in Oman: An Update of the Food Composition Table and Use for Future Food Consumption Surveys

“…In order to harmonize our food dataset and allow comparison across groups and countries, we used FoodEx2, a standardized system of Global Dietary Database and WHO/FAO GIFT, for classifying and describing food data [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. FoodEx2 consists of a core list of food items that represent the minimum level of detail needed for food assessments, and facets provide further detail to the information of the food list term.…”