An overview of the open data available at the website of DG SANTE, European Commission: data on food safety, safety of the food chain, animal safety and health.

1. DG SANTE
Open Data for Diplohack
15/04/2016

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SANTE Data Sets available at
 Open Data Portal
 SANTE site
http://
ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/information_systems/index_en.h

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SANTE Data Sets available at
 Open Data Portal
 SANTE site
http://
ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/information_systems/index_en.h

4. ODP Data Sets
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5. NFNET and Novel Food (Novel foods and
food ingredients)
 The rules for authorising novel foods and food
ingredients are harmonised at European level.
Before they are placed on the market, tests
carried out by the European Food Safety
Authority...HTML XML
http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue
 https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/xT4Uwr
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6. Pesticides
 All foodstuffs intended for human or animal
consumption in the European Union (EU) are
subject to a maximum residue level (MRL) of
pesticides in their composition in order to
protect...HTML XML
 http
://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-d
 https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/s8QJJ4b
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7. Agricultural and Vegetable Catalogue
 The seed of varieties of agricultural and plant
species and varieties of vegetable species that
are published in the EU level common catalogue
is subject to no marketing restrictions
with...HTML XML
 http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_propagation_ma
 https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/7A98oE
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8. Food Contact Materials
 Plastic materials and articles coming into contact
with foodstuffs may transfer toxic substances
which present a risk to human health. All such
substances are controlled at Community...HTML
XML
 http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/chemical_safety/food
 https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/re1HUK
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9. European Union Register on Nutrition and
Health Claims (Health Claims)
 Nutrition and health claims shall soon be
harmonised at European level in order to better
protect consumers. This Regulation establishes
the authorisation procedures required to
ensure...HTML XML
 http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/claim
 https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/u3yjqnr
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10. RASFF Window (Rapid Alert System – Food
and Feed)
 European legislation ensures a consistent, high
level of food and feed safety. The European
Commission collects and publishes notifications of
any serious health risks deriving from
food...HTML XML
 https://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/pghvp0
 https://open-
data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/pghvp0e6GbDsD
YrIrlESYg
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11. Food Additives
 European legislation on additives is moving
towards a single procedure for the authorisation
and evaluation of additives which takes account
of the latest evaluation measures for...HTML XML
 http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/fAEF/additives/ind
ex_en.htm
 https://open-
data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/1gXgb0Yj73R4tt
DChQ5Wyg
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12. Community List of Approved Basic Material
for Forest Reproduction Material
(Catalogue Forestry)FOREMATIS
 Forestry reproductive material within the
Community may not be marketed unless it is of
one of four categories specified by legislation and
only approved basic material may be used
for...HTML XML
 http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_propagation
_material/eu_marketing_requirements/forest_ma
terial_en.htm
 https://open-
data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/D8UAwJykvUjrm
nFRfyEDPw
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13. Ontologies for datasets
The Ontology document that you can find in the
ODP explains the metadata structure of the XML
document:
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Xls ontology
RDFs in
XML

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A URI specifying the resource the metadata is about
<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://ec.europa.eu/semantic_webgate/dataset/forestry/resource/species-16">
<forestry:abbreviation>fan</forestry:abbreviation>
<rdfs:label>Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl.</rdfs:label>
<rdf:type
rdf:resource="http://ec.europa.eu/semantic_webgate/dataset/forestry/resource/Species"/>
<forestry:id>16</forestry:id>
</rdf:Description>
Component URI
Species http://ec.europa.eu/semantic_webgate/dataset/forestry/resource/species
Semantic field Description
forestry:id key
rdfs:label The name of the species
forestry:abbreviation The abbreviation of the species