The EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database

The Comprehensive Food Consumption Database is a source of information on food consumption across the European Union (EU). It contains detailed data for a number of EU countries. 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. The database was also relevant for other fields of EFSA’s work, such as the assessment of nutrient intakes of the EU population.
EFSA used its food classification system ‘FoodEx’ to categorise all foods and beverages included in the Comprehensive Database.

Summary statistics from the database enable quick screening for chronic and acute exposure to substances and organisms that may be found in the food chain. In the database, dietary surveys and food consumption data for each country are divided by category. These include: age, from infants to adults aged 75 years or older; food group (over 1,500) and type of consumption, covering both regular and high consumption thus allowing calculations to be tailored to each category of consumer.

The statistics on food consumption are reported in grams per day (g/day) and grams per day per kg of body weight (g/kg bw per day). The statistics for chronic food consumption are available for the total population (‘all subjects’) and for consumers of respective food categories. The statistics for acute consumption are available for all days and for the consuming days.

These food consumption statistics are stored and presented in the EFSA Data Warehouse.

综合食品消费数据库（Comprehensive Food Consumption Database）是涵盖欧盟（European Union, EU）范围内食品消费情况的信息库，收录了多个欧盟成员国的精细化膳食消费数据。该数据库在欧盟食品潜在危害相关风险评估中发挥核心作用，可用于估算消费者接触此类危害的程度，这是欧洲食品安全局（European Food Safety Authority, EFSA）风险评估工作的关键环节。
该数据库同时可应用于欧洲食品安全局的其他工作领域，例如欧盟居民营养素摄入量评估。
欧洲食品安全局采用其自主研发的食品分类系统（FoodEx），对纳入该综合数据库的所有食品及饮品进行分类。
该数据库的汇总统计数据可实现对食物链中潜在物质与生物的慢性、急性暴露情况的快速筛查。数据库内各国的膳食调查与食品消费数据均按多维度分类，分类维度涵盖：年龄分层（从婴幼儿至75岁及以上成年人）、食品组别（超1500个类别）以及消费类型（覆盖常规消费与高消费场景），由此可针对每一类消费者定制计算方案。
食品消费统计数据以每日克数（g/day）及每日每千克体重克数（g/kg bw per day）为单位进行统计公示。慢性食品消费统计数据覆盖全人群（‘所有研究对象’）以及对应食品类别的消费者；急性消费统计数据则涵盖全观测天数及实际消费天数。
此类食品消费统计数据均存储并展示于欧洲食品安全局数据仓库（EFSA Data Warehouse）中。