First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development Web based Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) software development of BalkanFood Platform Regional Food Composition Data Base, update with recipes January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia The European Food Information Resource Network (EuroFIR) was a five-year ‘Network of Excellence’ funded by the European Commission through the EU Sixth Framework Programme and was launched in The mission of EuroFIR was to harmonize and standardize the food composition databases in Europe. to present food composition data in a uniform way through electronically available FCDBs Common standard for the identification and description of foods The new project name is EuroFIR NEXUS UNU-SCN -Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe-NCDNCEE There is a need for national/regional FCDB in Balkan region countries 2010 – June - The meeting was organized by UNU/SCN Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe (NCDNCEE) with support from Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade (IMR ) – May January EuroFIR AISBL European Food Information Resource Network

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia The Technical Annex brings together a description of the technical issues with listings of the data structures and thesauri. The data structure framework of the Technical Annex presents an overview of the proposed data structure specification for food composition data and defines some formal conventions used in the detailed description of the data tables and fields Technical Annex

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia Technical standards Database establishment standards The main entities : food and parameters Functional details

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia FOOD Nutritive parameters Other characteristics

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia FOOD - Nutritive parameters Value (selected value, + statistical parameters) Method Specification Acquisition type Quality Assessment Sample information Reference

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia Documenting the parameters according to EUROFIR classification - Name (original language) - Name (English) - Scientific food name - Food group - Origin (an.,veg.,min.) - Article number (EAN code) - Portion size - Color - Producer - Distributer -Selected value - measure unit - Matrix unit - Acquisition type /FCDB, laboratory (industy, independent...), food label, published scientific paper.../ - date of generation - date of evaluation - Value type /average, min.,max.,more than..., less than.., median, trace.../ Method type /analytical, calculated, estimated.../ - Method indicator - Method parameter - Official method name - Analytical key steps - /extraction,separation.../ - Laboratory performance /accuracy, precision,.../ FCDB - Book - Journal issue... /Title, authors, language, ISBN, edition date.../ REFERENCE METHOD VALUES FOOD identification

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia A - Product type, CODEX Food Categorization System for Additives and Contaminants, CODEX Classification of Foods and Fields, FAO Food Balance Sheet, CIAA Categorization, Aurocode 2 B - Food source C - Part of Plant or Animal E - Physical State Shale or Form F - Extent of Heat Treatment G - Cooking Method H - Treatment Applied J - Preservation Method K - Packing Medium M - Container or Wrapping N - Food Contact Surface P - Consumer/Dietary use or Label Q - Cuisine R -Area of origin, Area of processing, Area of Consumption Z - Other characteristics of food, Genetically modified, Production Environment LANGUAL CODES – langua aLimentaria / language of food 01 MILK, MILK PRODUCT OR MILK SUBSTITUTE 02 EGG OR EGG PRODUCT 03 MEAT OR MEAT PRODUCT 04 SEAFOOD OR RELATED PRODUCT 05 FAT OR OIL 06 GRAIN OR GRAIN PRODUCT 07 NUT, SEED OR KERNEL PRODUCT 08 VEGETABLE OR VEGETABLE PRODUCT 09 FRUIT OR FRUIT PRODUCT 10 SUGAR OR SUGAR PRODUCT 11 BEVERAGE (NON-MILK) 12 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PRODUCT 13 PRODUCT FOR SPECIAL NUTRITIONAL USE OR DIETARY SUPPLEMENT EuroFIR food group classification FOOD – Other charasteristic

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia FCDB is placed on Internet server. Data entry and maintenance is from Web based Food Comp Data Management (FCDM) software developed for this purpose (from local computers) Access to the application (data entry and modification) is given to our regional partners All partners access all data (view), right for data entry and modification only for data for own country

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia Serbian FCDB DIET ASSESS - nutrient intake questionnaire - nutrition planning (recipes, meals, menus) - calculate the nutritive values - compare with recommendations

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia Chance FoodGroup Classification added EFSA coding system is added Portion Size definition added (Small, Medium, Large)

First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia Statistical index CountryNo. of food items No. of parameters Bosnia and Herzegovina526 Croatia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 985 Republic of Srbia Slovenia11104 Total no. of parameters31731 Average paremeters / food15 CHANCE coded foods1039 LANGUAL coded foods965 Total no of langual codes11668 Langual codes / food12 EFSA coded foods1030

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First Symposium-Capacity Development in Nutrition and Food Research in Central and Eastern Europe (CAPNUTRA): Balkan Food Platform - Regional Food Composition Data Base development, January 2013, Belgrade, Serbia