FOREGE - 39

 

SUBJECT COVERAGE

Bakery and Cereal Products Beverages and Confectionery Products
Chocolate and Confectionery Products Dairy Products
Fats and Oils Food Additives and Ingredient Legislation
Frozen, Chilled and Ambient Temperature Foods Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts
Meat, Fish, Poultry and Game Nutritional Claims
Prescribed Quantities Provisions for Claims

DATABASE DESCRIPTION

FOREGE (Foodline®: Current Food Legislation) contains references, with full text interpretations, to the worldwide literature on additive standards in the food and beverage industry. The database covers the legal regulations concerning the food industry worldwide. References contain information on the legal status of food additives used throughout the world.

DATABASE PRODUCER

Leatherhead Food International
Randalls Road
Leatherhead
Surrey KT22 7RY
Tel: +44 (0)1372 376761
Fax: +44 (0)1372 386228
Email: foodline@lfra.co.uk
Copyright Holder

SOURCES

Sources include government publications, journals and laws.

AVAILABILITY ON GEM

Time span:

1983 to date

Database size:

Approximately 57,865 references

Database update:

Weekly

The FOREGE database is available on the GEM Web site www.einsgem.org through the gateway to FIZ-Karlsruhe.

ACCESSING THE DATABASE

To access FOREGE with a Begin command in Command Search you can use the database number or database name, ie:
B 39
B FOREGE

OUTPUT FORMATS

You may totally or partially display references using the following formats:

Format

Abbr.

Display

Scan

S

Description of Product

Browse

B

Description of Product, Indexing Terms (Controlled and Geographic Terms)

Browse plus additive information

BA

Description of Product, Indexing Terms (Controlled and Geographic Terms plus Additives)

Reference

R

Description of Product, Indexing Terms (Controlled and Geographic Terms, Document Type, Additives, Source)

All

A

Complete reference

Notes:
(1) The format MUST always be abbreviated, eg to display references 3-5 in scan format for set 4 type:
T 4/S/3-5
(2) Not all fields shown in the All format can be searched and expanded, some fields can only be displayed.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON FOREGE

More detailed information on searching FOREGE, including a sample reference, access codes and limit options can be found on the FOREGE Infosheet. If you subscribe to GEM Documentation this is available free of charge. If you do not subscribe to GEM Documentation this is available at a cost, for which we will invoice you. For details of the costs please see your National Centre’s Price List.

See the FOREGE Infosheet for detailed information.

NB: You will be charged for this if you do not subscribe to GEM Documentation.

GENERAL INFORMATION

For further information on basic search commands, eg Expand, Select, Limit, Zoom, refer to your GEM Quick Reference Guide.

The SDI Alert service is available. Results are sent to an email address.

HELP

For more detailed help refer to your National Centre.


Last update: May 2004