FoodEx2

When developing the GIFTT tool for the intake calculations of individual consumers in various countries, it was noted that the food lists of a series of surveys were based on literal descriptions of foods in combination with EFSA's FoodEx2 codes, whereas for other surveys the codes are lacking. So it was concluded that it is desired to add the FoodEx2 codes to these surveys. It is however extremely difficult to add the codes as the descriptive texts in most lists do not match these for the FoodEx2 codes. So it was decided to include EFSA's FoodEx2 codes in a separate table; the results of a search can then be explored to find the best descriptor. Some background information about the use of food codes including EFSA's FoodEx2 is included in a webpage.

For a search of the database an new icon is added to this webpage, and to the tools list.