Operador alimentario

09:59 Aug 2, 2015 

... as the comments form Chartles and Matt helped make up my mind. Cheers!

09:57 Aug 2, 2015 

The software strings part of my translation work for this company is often full of dodgy terms, bad back translations and general stupidities... and often the clients themselves are unable to resolve my doubts or queries about the contents. However, in 15 years working with them, I've usually managed to get by, although it's often a struggle. I really appreciate the feedback I get from colleagues on queries like this, so a big thank to you guys.

09:53 Aug 2, 2015 

I actually used "Food Business Operator", but the definition I posted of it didn't seem to fit with the Spanish one, which is from a Galician ruling more than 10 years old if I remember correctly. The term cropped up in isolation in SW strings and there is no other useful context. I've overwritten the original Spanish, but it looked like this:
"No food information included. Unable to validate information.
NUTRIENTE_CODIF
NUTRIENTE_DESCRIP
Food business operator,
for foodAndBeverageInformation/foodAndBeveragePreparationInformation/preparationInstructions/description/language/languageISOCode."

09:43 Aug 2, 2015 

Sorry, your doc. already includes the definition of FBO from EC 178/2002. It's a really stupid way to use the term. The Spanish version of this Regulation calls this «Explotador de empresa alimentaria», which is also very unsuitable for what is essentially a food safety officer or agent. These must be translations, surely.

09:38 Aug 2, 2015 

The EU has b*ggered this up IMO. "Food business operator" ought to be the term, and it is in India, for example:

"Any undertaking, whether private or public, for profit or not, carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution of food, imports and including food services, sale of food or food ingredients."
http://www.fssai.gov.in/portals/0/pdf/FBO(02-07-2012).pdf

But EC Regulation 178/2002 defines FBO as:
"the natural or legal persons responsible for ensuring that the requirements of food law are met within the food business under their control"
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2...

And this usage is officially applied in EU countries.

On the other hand, EU docs seem to use "food operator" to mean someone operating in the food business; e.g.:
"The draft regulation seeks to introduce mandatory nutrition labelling, to specify the responsibility corresponding to the role of each food operator in the supply chain and to improve the legibility of the information provided to consumers"
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_PRES-10-156_en.doc

08:48 Aug 2, 2015 

food business operator seems to fit the bill. Why don't you like it?