FoodEx2 food classification code
ID foodex2_code
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Code of the FoodEx2 food classification and description system of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), used in EU food consumption, contaminant and residue data. A base term is A and four letters or digits. An extended code adds facets after the sign #, separated by the sign $, each a facet number such as F09, a dot and another FoodEx2 term.
- Categories
- Agriculture, livestock and food
- Countries
- European Union
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Bioregistry
foodex2- Wikidata
- P4637
- Quality
- 90/100 · missing: detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^A[0-9A-Z]{4}(?:#F\d{2}\.A[0-9A-Z]{4}(?:\$F\d{2}\.A[0-9A-Z]{4})*)?$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| A02XN | Tête de Moine cheese; Wikidata example |
| A008C | Couscous; Wikidata example |
| A03BG#F09.A0EXH$F10.A077L$F21.A07SE | Extended code with three facets; example of the UK Food Types Register |
| A03BG#F09=A0EXH invalid | Facet written with = as in the URL query form, not the FoodEx2 syntax |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Код классификации пищевых продуктов FoodEx2 | Код системы классификации и описания пищевых продуктов FoodEx2 Европейского агентства по безопасности пищевых продуктов (EFSA). |
Sources
- doc: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/data/data-standardisation
- doc: https://data.food.gov.uk/codes/ui/about-foodtypes
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4637
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/foodex2_code - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/EU/agriculture/foodex2_code.yamlon GitHub