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The creation of a food composition data base calls, ideally, for an integrated approach to the generation, acquisition, processing, dissemination and use of food composition data. The organisational framework of such a programme depends on the policies and procedures already being followed in the country or region where the programme is being set up. Indeed, the national food and nutrition policy of the country concerned may already favour the establishment or updating of a food composition data base (e.g., Langsford, 1979); any new programme should aim to fit into the framework of the existing national policy.
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Greenfield, H., Southgate, D.A.T. (1992). Initiation and Organisation of a Food Composition Data Base Programme. In: Food Composition Data. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3544-7_3
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