The food classification and description system FoodEx 2 (revision 2)

FoodEx2 is a comprehensive food classification and description system aimed at covering the need to describe food in data collections across different food safety domains. After its first release in 2011, the system was broadly tested in various practical situations, allowing its evaluation and the identification of areas for improvement. As a consequence of this testing phase, FoodEx2 was reviewed and revised in order to match the needs expressed by the different users. In particular, the terminology was significantly expanded in the sections on raw commodities and natural sources, new hierarchies were added and the relationship between the terms and the most important facets was streamlined. This technical report, mainly aimed to data providers to EFSA, describes the revision of the system and also provides guidance for the harmonised use of the system and the quality control of the codes. Revision 2 of FoodEx2 replaces the revision 1.