EFSA has published a new release of its Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database, which for the first time includes data collected under EFSA’s EU Menu project.
The database plays a key role in the evaluation of the risks related to possible hazards in food in the EU and allows estimates of consumers’ exposure to such hazards, a fundamental step in EFSA’s risk assessment work. It consists of the most recent data collected in Member States covering more population groups and new food categories, such as energy drinks.
It is also relevant to other fields of EFSA’s work, such as the assessment of nutrient intakes of the EU population.
All data contained in the database are now classified according to FoodEx2, a system which now provides a more detailed and precise description of foods and beverages consumed across the EU than the previous version.