A Quality Management Framework to improve quality and harmonization of Total Diet Study practices in Europe was developed within the TDS-Exposure Project. Seventeen processes were identified and hazards, Critical Control Points and associated preventive and corrective measures described. The Total Diet Study process was summarized in a flowchart divided into planning and practical (sample collection, preparation and analysis; risk assessment analysis and publication) phases. Standard Operating Procedures were developed and implemented in pilot studies in five organizations. The flowchart was used to develop a quality framework for Total Diet Studies that could be included in formal quality management systems. Pilot studies operated by four project partners were visited by project assessors who reviewed implementation of the proposed framework and identified areas that could be improved. The quality framework developed can be the starting point for any Total Diet Study centre and can be used within existing formal quality management approaches.

Agence nationale de Securite sanitaire de l'alimentation de l'environnement et du travail France

Bundesinstitut fuer risikobewertung Germany

Finnish Food Safety Authority Finland

Food and Nutrition Department National Institute of Health Portugal

Institute of Food Research UK

Matís Ltd Icelandic Food and Biotech R and D Reykjavik Iceland

Statni zdravotni ustav Czech Republic

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