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Proposals
	Updated 2011-10-14

Proposed additions to the LanguaL thesaurus

The LanguaL Technical Committees publish proposals for new facet terms on the LanguaL Internet site for international discussion and approval before incorporation into the official LanguaL thesaurus.
The discussion period is two months from the date of submission to (date of reception by) the LanguaL Technical Committee. Comments will be sent to the submitter during the discussion period and will be published with the changes in the following update of LanguaL.

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Current Proposals

The following proposals are open for discussion:

• Proposal from Anders Møller, Denmark  -   Submitted 2011-12-06.

  Subject:	Inclusion of specific descriptor for "whole grain" under claims in Facet P.
  Reason:	Specific descriptor is missing. Until a more inambiguous definition is given, the suggested Additional Information is highlighted in the Scientific Opinion from EFSA NDA (2010).
  Status:	Discussion open.

Inplemented proposals

For the following proposals, the discussions are closed and implementation of the suggestions have been accomplished:

LanguaL 2010

• Proposal from Jayne Ireland, Denmark  -   Submitted 2011-10-13.

  Subject:	Updates for LanguaL in connection with EFSA FOODEX indexing.
  Reason:	Specific descriptors are missing or need updating. The suggested changes are listed in this pdf document.
  Status:	Discussion closed.

• Proposal from Anders Møller on behalf of the PlantLibra Project's WP6 Botanical Group  -   Submitted 2011-07-01.

  Subject:	Additition of a specific group in facet B: Plants used for dietary supllements.
  Reason:	Specific descriptors are missing in LanguaL for some plants used in dietary supplements. The PlantLibra project's WP7 has provided a short-list of plant species to be included in the PlantLibra database.
  Status:	Discussion closed.

• Proposal from Jayne Ireland and Manuel Moñino Gómez  -   Submitted 2011-06-02.

  Subject:	Inclusion of specific descriptors in facet A and Z.
  Reason:	Specific descriptors missing for classification of foods. The proposal is available as pdf document.
  Status:	Discussion closed.

• Proposal from David Haytowitz, USDA ARS Nutrient Data Laboratory  -   Submitted 2010-06-22.

  Subject:	Inclusion of specific descriptors for facet B as well as section on food colours, e.g. colours of skin and flesh in in facet Z.
  Reason:	Specific descriptors missing for the indexing of USDA NDB SR23.
  Status:	Discussion closed.

• Proposal from Jayne Ireland, Denmark  -   Submitted 2009-08-30.

  Subject:	Inclusion of dietary/food supplements classification in LanguaL facet A.
  Reason:	To allow for systematic classification and description of dietary supplements and their components in an internationally standardized way. The proposal is available as pdf document.
  Status:	Discussion closed.

• Proposal from Anders Møller, Denmark  -   Submitted 2009-07-29.

  Subject:	Inclusion of European regulation (Directive 2002/46/EC) of food supplement substances in LanguaL facet B.
  Reason:	Food supplements become more and more common in the diet.
  Status:	Discussion closed.

LanguaL 2009

• Proposal from Jayne Ireland, DFI, Denmark, concerning descriptors including "smoked" and "salted" in facet H - submitted 2009-09-03 - Discussion closed - Included in LanguaL 2009.
• Proposal from Effie Vasilopoulou, HHF, Greece, concerning inclusion of Greek wild greens in LanguaL facet B - submitted 2009-08-31 - Discussion closed - Included in LanguaL 2009.
• Proposal from Helena Costa, INSA, Portugal, Jayne Ireland, DFI, Denmark, and Santosh Khokhar, UL, Great Britain, concerning "traditional" and "ethnic" claims or use - submitted 2009-08-31 - Discussion closed - Included in LanguaL 2009.
• Proposal from Anders Møller, Danish Food Information, Denmark, concerning inclusion of US FDA Seafood List and Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) and corresponding FAO ASFIS ISCAAP information in the update of LanguaL facet B's fish section - submitted 2009-05-28 - Discussion closed - - Included in LanguaL 2009 and under implementation LanguaL 2010.
• Proposal from Jayne Ireland, Danish Food Information, Denmark, concerning inclusion of related terms in facet A - submitted 2009-01-23.  - Discussion closed - Included in LanguaL 2009.

LanguaL 2008

• Proposal from Jayne Ireland, AFSSA, France concerning  inclusion of GS1 Global Product Classification in LanguaL facet A as well as update of claims in facet Z submitted 2008-05-28. - Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Jean-Cedric Reninger and Aurélie Mahé , AFSSA, France concerning  fish names submitted 2008-04-24. - Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Wulf Becker, NFA, Sweden concerning allergen information and health and nutrition claims (making LanguaL comply with international regulations and GS1 GSDN Code Lists in these matters) submitted 2008-02-28.  -  Discussion closed. 
• Proposal from Jayne Ireland submitted 2007-09-18.  -  Discussion closed. 
• Proposal from Elizabeth Smith submitted 2007-05-11, commented by Anders Møller 2007-05-28. -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Jayne Ireland on behalf of EuroFIR WP1.8 submitted 2007-04-15, updated and commented 2007-05-28. -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Matthias Frost, BVL, Germany submitted 2007-03-16. -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Anders Møller on behalf of EuroFIR WP2.4 submitted 2007-01-01 (published 2007-02-28). -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Janka Porubská and Eva Kováčiková submitted 2006-06-27  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Jayne Ireland submitted 2006-05-27  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Jayne Ireland submitted 2006-05-27  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Jayne Ireland on behalf of EuroFIR WP1.6 submitted 2006-04-16  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Elizabeth Smith submitted 2006-04-16  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Leif Bøgh-Sørensen submitted 2005-12-31  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Anders Møller submitted 2005-05-20  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Jayne Ireland and Anders Møller submitted 2005-05-02  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Anders Møller and Ian D. Unwin submitted 2005-02-24  -  Discussion closed.
• Proposal from Anders Møller submitted 2004-02-22  -  Discussion closed.
• NORFOODS suggestions submitted 2004-02-20  -  Discussion closed.

News

LanguaL™ FPI version 3.98 available. 2012-02-01 An updated version of the LanguaL™ Food Product Indexer has been released, see Downloads.

LanguaL™ 2010 published. 2011-12-07 The 2010 version of LanguaL™ has been published. The documentation is available and can be downloaded, see Downloads.

USDA NDB Release 23 LanguaL™ indexed. 2010-11-01 USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is LanguaL™ indexed. The indexing files are available from the USDA ARS Nutrient Data site.