Topics is a classification that assign each post a topic pre-defined by Industry
The Topics is used in feeds and searches to filter the posts within a pre defined list of values. These values may change over time but the general approach is to maintain within a limited number.
Each Industry have different entries.
List of Topics for Food and Feed
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Alerts and recalls |
Alerts and recalls |
Official alert system for non-compliant food or feed products and recalls when relevant |
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General law and Standards |
Commodity Standards/Standards of Identity |
Food products and/or ingredient compositional requirements (incl. quality requirements) |
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International standards |
Internationally recognized standards related to food and feed, animal and plants; published by organizations like ISO, CEN or national standard organizations, Industry standards, and which are of voluntary application. |
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General Food Law |
General framework/requirements, guiding principles for food, feed, animals and plants |
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Registration and certification |
Registration rules for products, facilities; certification against specific standards |
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Animals & Animal Feed |
Feed (ingredients, animal by-products, including pet food) |
Component part or constituent or any combination/mixture added to and comprising the feed. Feed ingredients might include grains, milling byproducts, added vitamins, minerals, fats/oils, and other nutritional and energy sources. Includes animal by-product and plant or animal material intended for consumption by pets. |
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Feed Additives |
Products used in animal nutrition for purposes of improving the quality of feed and the quality of food from animal origin, or to improve the animals’ performance and health, e.g. providing enhanced digestibility of the feed materials |
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Feed hygiene |
Feed safety and hygiene related matters, including quality control processes and procedures |
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Feed marketing |
Measures applicable when placing feed on the market |
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Animal health & welfare |
Policies and legislation applicable; includes animal diseases |
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Animal/plant breeding, identification and property rights |
animal breeding, seeds and propagation material, variety registration, animal identification and traceability |
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Contaminants, residues and contact materials |
Contaminants and residues in Food |
All types of contaminants and residues in food (e.g. mycotoxins, chemical contaminants, pesticides, veterinary drugs), excluding microbiological criteria |
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Feed contaminants |
Undesirable substances and compositional quality |
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Food Contact Materials |
Food contact materials in general (excludes chemical contaminants). Inner packaging requirements, manufacturing standards. Substances that are not intentionally added to foods that may become part of foods due to packaging, storage or processing. |
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Nutrition, dietary and specialty ingredients |
Food Additives, enzymes and processing aids |
Ingredients added for a specific technological, functional & processing purposes into food (except flavourings) |
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Health and nutrition |
Nutrition science and health related matters |
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Organic food and feed Products |
Everything related to organic products |
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Flavourings |
Ingredients added to a food product with flavouring properties |
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Food Safety and Security |
Food Safety and Hygiene |
Food safety related matters and risk assessment, including quality control processes and procedures, Hygiene and Microbiological related (includes microbiological criteria). |
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Food security, food wastes and sustainability |
General information linked to food security and food wastes |
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Life cycle Assessment (LCA) |
Life-cycle assessment is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling. |
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Labelling |
Labelling |
Information to be displayed on the primary and secondary packaging (e.g. List of Ingredients, allergens, GMO labelling, organic labelling, nutrition facts labelling, ethical labelling - fair trade, vegetarian...) |
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Trade, market and official controls |
Live animal, seed and plant trade |
Import and export rules, movement of pets, health certificates |
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E-commerce |
Rules applicable to online, distant selling of food and feed |
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International trade, logistics and taxes |
Trade policies, market measures, trade agreements (including bilateral agreements), trade bans, tariff and non-tariff barriers; food taxes; Includes rules applicable to packaging and shipment; Import/export certificates, border control procedures, customs procedures and duties, temporary restrictive measures |
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Market watch |
Market intelligence reports, general information on food/feed consumption, statistics… |
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Official controls / Enforcement procedures |
Official controls, inspections from authorities (food, feed, animal health and welfare, plants) |
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Methods and Manufacturing |
Manufacturing and Logistics |
Rules applicable to manufacturing plants, storage locations |
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New technologies |
Any new technology used in food and feed e.g. GMOs, nanotechnologies, novel food… |
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Testing methods |
Methods of analysis used in food and feed to detect residues, microbiological contamination, nutritional composition… |