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A Structured, Collaborative and Open Access Database of Food Policies in Europe: Introducing EU F‐POD

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  • Elena Benedetti
  • Beatrice Biondi
  • Silvia De Nicolò
  • Mario Mazzocchi

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This paper presents a new, open‐access database of food policies, the European Food Policy Database (EU F‐POD). It is a comprehensive and collaborative on‐line resource, and goes beyond a mere list of food policies by offering a structured collection of food policies classified by goals, targets, and instruments, drawing from existing and validated taxonomies. It consists of an organized and cohesive body of national and international laws, regulations, and provisions related to the food area, to facilitate consultation, interpretation and policy analysis. More specifically, it may help identify normative gaps, contradictions or overlaps between existing rules, and regulatory differences between states, fostering discussions among various multi‐sectoral actors. The EU F‐POD database is comprehensive in scope, ensuring the inclusion of policies for all objectives, targets, and instruments within its framework. We describe the EU F‐POD database, its structure, definition, and data collection strategy, including also some extraction examples to demonstrate the potential of such a tool to users. EU F‐POD was designed as an open access tool, so that a supervised, collaborative effort among researchers and experts can guarantee its future sustainability and updating. Cet article présente une nouvelle base de données en libre accès sur les politiques alimentaires: la base de données sur les politiques alimentaires européennes (F‐POD). Il s'agit d'une ressource en ligne complète et collaborative qui va au‐delà d'une simple liste de politiques alimentaires en proposant un ensemble structuré de politiques classées par objectifs, cibles et instruments, en s'appuyant sur des taxonomies existantes et validées. Cette base de données consiste en un ensemble organisé et cohérent de lois, réglementations et dispositions nationales et internationales liées au domaine alimentaire, visant à faciliter la consultation, l'interprétation et l'analyse des politiques. Plus précisément, elle peut aider à identifier les lacunes normatives, les contradictions ou les chevauchements entre les règles existantes et les différences réglementaires entre les États, favorisant ainsi les discussions entre divers acteurs multisectoriels. La base de données F‐POD de l'Union européenne (EU) a une portée complète, garantissant l'inclusion de politiques pour tous les objectifs, cibles et instruments relevant de son cadre. Nous décrivons la base de données F‐POD, sa structure, sa définition et sa stratégie de collecte de données, y compris également quelques exemples d'extractions pour démontrer le potentiel d'un tel outil aux utilisateurs. La base F‐POD de l'UE a été conçu comme un outil en libre accès afin qu'un effort collaboratif supervisé entre chercheurs et experts puisse garantir sa durabilité et sa mise à jour dans l'avenir. Dieses Papier stellt eine neue, frei zugängliche Datenbank zur Lebensmittelpolitik vor, die European Food Policy Database (EU F‐POD). Es handelt sich dabei um eine umfassende und gemeinschaftliche Online‐Plattform, die über eine bloße Auflistung ernährungspolitischer Maßnahmen hinausgeht: Sie bietet eine strukturierte Sammlung von Maßnahmen, die nach Zielen, Vorgaben und Instrumenten geordnet sind und auf bestehenden und validierten Taxonomien basieren. Sie besteht aus einer systematischen und kohärenten Darstellung von nationalen und internationalen Gesetzen, Verordnungen und Vorschriften, die für den Lebensmittelsektor relevant sind und kann Konsultationen, Interpretationen und politische Analysen erleichtern. Insbesondere kann sie helfen, normative Lücken, Widersprüche oder Überschneidungen zwischen bestehenden Regelungen aufzuzeigen und regulatorische Unterschiede zwischen den Staaten zu identifizieren. Darüber hinaus kann sie Diskussionen zwischen verschiedenen multisektoralen Akteuren fördern. Die EU F‐POD‐Datenbank ist umfassend und stellt sicher, dass politische Maßnahmen für alle Ziele, Vorgaben und Instrumente in ihrem Rahmen erfasst werden. Wir beschreiben die EU F‐POD‐Datenbank, ihre Struktur, Definition und Datenerfassungsstrategie, einschließlich einiger Extraktionsbeispiele, um den Nutzern und das Potenzial eines solchen Instruments zu demonstrieren. EU F‐POD wurde als Open‐Access‐Instrument konzipiert, so dass die Nachhaltigkeit und zukünftige Aktualisierung durch eine kontrollierte, gemeinschaftliche Anstrengung von Forschern und Experten seine zukünftige Nachhaltigkeit und Aktualisierung gewährleistet werden kann.

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  • Elena Benedetti & Beatrice Biondi & Silvia De Nicolò & Mario Mazzocchi, 2025. "A Structured, Collaborative and Open Access Database of Food Policies in Europe: Introducing EU F‐POD," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 24(1), pages 56-65, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:eurcho:v:24:y:2025:i:1:p:56-65
    DOI: 10.1111/1746-692X.12460
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