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EuroFIR AISBL

Founder	Former partner institutions of EuroFIR NoE
Type	Non-profit
Location	Brussels, Belgium
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.org

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, functionality and global standards.

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. Other work includes that on ethnic and traditional foods and critical evaluation of data on nutrients

Membership

Full members

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

Associate members

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

Ordinary members

Honoured members

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

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. doi:10.1024/0300-9831/a000113. PMID 23258402.
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. PMID 21045850.
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: 17665. doi:10.3402/fnr.v56i0.17665. PMC 3389737. PMID 22768018.
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. PMID 21045855.
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. PMID 21207520.
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. "La table de composition des aliments | Banque noms de marques | le planning alimentaire nutrition". Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
10. "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 Standardization

• Food- and drink-related organizations
• Food technology organizations
• Health education organizations
• Malnutrition organizations
• Non-profit organisations based in Belgium