FEDA

FEDA centralizes and structures information on food enzyme preparations to support regulatory evaluation and scientific assessment under European Commission No. 1332/2008.


Key Features:

  • Centralized Information Repository: Aggregates structured data and metadata on food enzyme preparations to support enforcement laboratories and competent authorities.
  • Searchable Fields: Provides queryable attributes including producing company details; production source specifics (e.g., strain type, genetically modified microorganism status); enzyme protein type; and evaluation status and criteria.
  • Comprehensive Data Collection: Compiles current publicly available information relevant to food enzymes on the European market.
  • Regulatory Mapping: Associates enzyme entries with regulatory evaluation context under European Commission No. 1332/2008.
  • Statistical Analysis Capability: Enables generation of statistics and summaries describing the market situation for food enzyme preparations.

Scientific Applications:

  • Enzyme safety and property research: Serves as a consolidated data source for researchers studying food enzyme properties and safety assessments.
  • Regulatory evaluation and enforcement: Provides essential data for regulatory bodies conducting scientific evaluations and compliance checks under European Commission No. 1332/2008.
  • Market analysis and industry planning: Supports companies involved in production and distribution of food enzymes for market analysis and strategic planning.

Methodology:

Data were gathered from multiple sources and structured into a cohesive database.

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Details

Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Added:
5/9/2022
Last Updated:
5/9/2022

Operations

Publications

Deckers M, Van Braeckel J, Vanneste K, Deforce D, Fraiture M, Roosens Nh. Food Enzyme Database (FEDA): a web application gathering information about food enzyme preparations available on the European market. Database. 2021;2021. doi:10.1093/database/baab060. PMID:34626475. PMCID:PMC8502015.

PMID: 34626475
PMCID: PMC8502015
Funding: - Health Food Chain Safety and Environment: RT 17/5 SPECENZYM