Abstract Since 2005, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has worked in close cooperation with organisations operating in the field towards harmonising dietary survey methodology and building a common European Union (EU) food consumption database. Harmonised food consumption data are the basis for improving accuracy of EU-wide exposure assessments and also supports nutrition surveillance, diet and health related studies. Improved risk assessments assure more targeted risk management and permit more accurate risk communication resulting in increased consumer confidence. The most important step in this direction was the development of the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database, which compiles existing national dietary information from the Member States (MS). MS used different methods to collect food consumption data, which makes it difficult to carry out EU-wide analyses or country-to-country comparisons. Furthermore, as the consumption patterns are continuously changing, regular update of the available information is necessary. Therefore, in 2011 EFSA launched the “What’s on the Menu in Europe? - EU Menu” project, with the aim of providing financial and technical support to carry out national dietary surveys in the EU. It focuses on collecting data from six population groups (from three months to 74 years of age) using harmonised methods described in the EFSA Guidance on the EU Menu methodology that has been endorsed by the EU institutions through the EFSA Network on Food Consumption Data. EFSA is currently supporting 36 surveys on children and/or adults from 18 Member States and four pre-accession countries. All projects are expected to be finalised by 2023.

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统一收集欧洲国家食品消费数据

摘要 自 2005 年以来，欧洲食品安全局 (EFSA) 与该领域的组织密切合作，以协调膳食调查方法并建立一个共同的欧盟 (EU) 食品消费数据库。统一的食品消费数据是提高欧盟范围内暴露评估准确性的基础，也支持营养监测、饮食和健康相关研究。改进的风险评估确保更有针对性的风险管理，并允许更准确的风险沟通，从而增强消费者的信心。朝着这个方向迈出的最重要的一步是开发了 EFSA 综合欧洲食品消费数据库，该数据库汇集了来自成员国 (MS) 的现有国家饮食信息。MS 使用不同的方法来收集食物消费数据，这使得很难在整个欧盟范围内进行分析或国与国之间的比较。此外，由于消费模式不断变化，因此需要定期更新可用信息。因此，2011 年 EFSA 推出了“欧洲的菜单上有什么？- EU Menu”项目，旨在为在欧盟开展国家膳食调查提供资金和技术支持。它侧重于使用 EFSA 欧盟菜单方法指南中描述的协调方法从六个人群（从 3 个月到 74 岁）收集数据，该指南已由欧盟机构通过 EFSA 食品消费数据网络认可。EFSA 目前正在支持来自 18 个成员国和四个加入前国家的 36 项儿童和/或成人调查。所有项目预计将在 2023 年完成。