Abstract
The current uses of food composition data depend on the reliability of these data yet achieving reliability and demonstrating that it has been achieved is by no means easy. Little of the extensive literature on analytical quality control refers specifically to food composition studies, except where these studies are carried out for regulatory purposes. In addition, there is little that addresses the other aspects of quality that concern those producing food composition data bases.
‘Without a defined quality assurance programme all analytical results must be suspect.’ (Harnly & Wolf, 1984)
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Greenfield, H., Southgate, D.A.T. (1992). Assuring the Quality of Analytical Data. In: Food Composition Data. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3544-7_8
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