Research Project: 2nd Pilot to Collect and Publish Approximately 2,000 Food Products from a Nielsen/IQ – Label Insight Feed for Food Data Central

Location: Nutrition, Food Safety/Quality

Project Number: 0204-41510-001-103-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Feb 14, 2022
End Date: Feb 13, 2023

Objective:
Publicly publish and increase the volume of Canadian data from two data pipelines (GDSN via 1WorldSync and Nielsen IQ Label Insight) to Food Data Central. This includes adding 2,000 Canadian products from Nielsen IQ and publishing Canadian food items publicly.

Approach:
Health Canada will review and confirm additional data requested from the two data pipelines, focusing in on specific product categories. Test and discuss any additional modifications needed for the infrastructure and validation of nutritional composition data.