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Food safety trends across Europe: insights from the 392-million-entry CompreHensive European Food Safety (CHEFS) database

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Author

Nehir Kizililsoley, Floor van Meer, Osman Mutlu, Wouter F Hoenderdaal, Rosan G. Hob e, Wenjuan Mu, Arjen Gerssen, HJ van der Fels-Klerx, Akos J o zwiak, Ioannis Manikas, Ali H urriyeto\v{g}lu, Bas HM van der Velden

Outline

Food safety monitoring data in the European Union (EU) is scattered across over 1,000 files (hundreds of gigabytes), making access and analysis difficult. This paper introduces the Comprehensive European Food Safety (CHEFS) database, which integrates data from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). CHEFS contains data on pesticide residues, veterinary drug residues, and chemical contaminants from 2000 to 2024 and can be used to analyze changes in monitoring activities, the most frequently tested products, non-compliant products, the most common contaminants, and differences between countries. This presents the potential of CHEFS as a centralized data source and strategic tool for food safety policy, research, and regulation.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
Increasing accessibility and ease of analysis of fragmented EU food safety monitoring data.
It can be used to analyze food safety trends, predict risks, and build early warning systems.
Supporting data-driven decision-making in food safety policy, research, and regulatory direction.
Comparative analysis of food safety monitoring status across countries is possible.
Limitations:
Ongoing support is required for long-term maintenance and updates of the database.
There is a need to establish a verification and management system for data accuracy and reliability.
Further research is needed on the interpretation and use of data analysis results.
Consideration should be given to restrictions on database access and use, as well as security issues.
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