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== 2024-07 ==
2024-07-05 - 🇧🇪 Carrefour Belgium imports data for the first in Open Food Facts → ±2500 products have been addedǃ
== 2024-06 ==
2024-06-28 - 🇪🇺 [https://data.europa.eu/ Data Europa] invited us to take part in a webinar about "'Stories from the Use Case Observatory". [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAcmB8U77OM The replay is available here]. 
2024-06-20 - 🇪🇸 Carrefour Spain has automated the data transfert with Open Food Facts 🥳
2024-06-12 - Open Food Facts joined the [https://www.ow2con.org/view/2024/ OW2 conference] to engage with other open source actors.
2024-06-01 -  🇪🇺 2 pages dedicated to Open Food Facts in the '''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/17stdZgEO681GkDXIDNtt5HYIaePCrHda/view?usp=sharing Use Case Observatory report]''', conducted by Data Europa - the official portal for European open data'''. The purpose''' '''of this research project''': is to contribute to [https://data.europa.eu data.europa.eu]’s broader goal of measuring the economic impact of open data across Europe over 3 years (2022–2025).
== 2024-05 ==
2024-05-27 - 🙋‍♀️ The permanent team welcomes [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mélanie-walbrou-005316299 Mélanie], who will assist part time as an admin manager. 
2024-05-21 - 🇪🇸 Manon and Charlotte (Open Food Facts Partnership Team) are participating in the 16th edition of [https://empodera.org/live/en EmpoderaLIVE], an international event on civic technologies in Malaga
2024-05-17 - 🚥 Nutri-Score V2 deployed on Open Food Facts.
2024-05-16 - ♿️ Global Accessibility Awareness Day [https://forum.openfoodfacts.org/t/global-accessibility-awareness-day-off/571 activities] at Open Food Facts.
2024-05-10 - 🛒🥫 Scan Party in Cayenne (French Guyana) organised by a public health nutritionist Vanessa Izeros, along with some young people. [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/a-scan-party-in-cayenne Read article here]
== 2024-04 ==
* 2024-04-15 - 🇫🇷 Manon & Alex from Open Food Facts participated in [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/news/open-food-facts-sur-le-podcast-projets-libres 2 episodes] of the podcast Projets libres! by Walid François Nouh.
* 2024-04-07 - For 🔎 World Health Day 2024 (by the World Health Organisation), here's a few highlights of public health research Open Food Facts participated in ([https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/world-health-day-2024 ENG article], [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/news/la-journee-mondiale-de-la-sante en français]).
* 2024-04-03 - Open Food Facts is taking part in the 🧑‍🌾🍽️ [https://www.instagram.com/p/C4-9TnftztK/?img_index=1 Journée de l'Alimentation] at the Arches Citoyennes with other food actors. Open to public.
* 2024-04-01 - Achraf Elkhanjari took [https://medium.com/@achrafelkhanjari99/a-deep-dive-into-the-open-food-facts-dataset-56259b162ac5 "A Deep Dive into the Open Food Facts Dataset"] (Medium) and wrote an article about it. Enjoy !
* 2024-04-01 - Open Food Facts has its 1st Project Grantee, Marius. He will be leading the effort of creating a local community in Germany & the Nordic countries in 2024. Learn more about Marius [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/open-food-facts-project-grantee-2024-marius in this article].
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== 2024-03 ==
* 2024-03-27 - Join our monthly community call (renamed as CommuniTEA) from 6-7 pm (Paris time). Everyone is welcome, let's get to know each other ! To join the call: https://meet.google.com/tza-vrct-ahe
* 2024-03-25 - Open Food Facts welcomes [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-arancio/ Jeremy Arancio] for 7 months to help on the machine learning front (as part of DINUM support).
* 2024-03-23 - We hosted a 🐫 [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/hackathon-with-perl-developers-around-open-food-facts Perl Hackathon] 🤓 in our Paris office.
* 2024-03-06 - Open Food Facts goes to [https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/research-area/environment/bioeconomy/food-systems/food-2030_en FOOD2023] in Brussels. Food 2030 is the EU's research and innovation policy framework supporting the transition towards sustainable, healthy and inclusive food systems, that respect planetary boundaries.
* 2024-03-03 - Manon of Open Food Facts was on the [https://www.projets-libres.org/open-food-facts-episode-1-manon-corneille/ Podcast Projets Libres].
== 2024-02 ==
* 2024-02-22 - 📻 🍊 Open Food Facts app demonstrated & its co-founder Pierre interviewed for this insightful radio program [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/bbcs-the-food-chain-episode-ft-open-food-facts ‘The Food Chain’ on BBC World Service].
* 2024-02-15 - The [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/the-nutri-score-is-evolving-manufacturers-get-onboard-now-%f0%9f%98%89 new formula of the Nutri-Score] is now available to all food manufacturers using our [https://world.pro.openfoodfacts.org/ Pro platform]ǃ 🚥
* 2024-02-14 - [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/zoom-on-chocolates Zoom on chocolates] for Valentines 💘
* 2024-02-03 - Pierre, Alexandre F, Anca and Ludo of Open Food Facts will be at [https://fosdem.org/2024/ FOSDEM] this upcoming weekend in Brussels. [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/open-food-facts-fosdem-2024 Article about their visit].
* 2024-02-02 - Open Food Facts stand at Forum of associations at Les Arches Citoyennes, in Paris.
== 2024-01 ==
* 2024-01-31 - [https://meet.google.com/tza-vrct-ahe Monthly '''CommuniTEA''' call] : (previously known ''Welcome & Open Class'') a time to connect as the Open Food Facts community.
* 2024-01-22 - Read the story of the app [https://www.alivio.fr/ Alivio], reusing Open Food Facts to facilitates the work of dieticians and motivates patients. [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/testimonial-when-open-data-facilitates-the-work-of-dieticians-and-motivates-patients Read testimonial].
* 2024-01-11 - The Open Food Facts mobile app was [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/open-food-facts-on-bbc-morning-live featured on BBC Morning Live in a segment on ultra-processed foods] (UPFs).
* 2024-01-08 - New milestone to kickstart the year: '''3M products''' on [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ Open Food Facts] ! 🤩
* 2024-01-01 - Happy New Year 🐲  ! We sincerely hope that this year will bring you much happiness. Collectively, we hope to continue transforming the food landscape, making it more transparent & open ! ✊
== 2023-12 ==
* 2023-12-26 - What a year we've had ! Here's a lookback on 2023: https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/what-a-year-a-look-back-at-2023 🧡
* 2023-12-01 - Our non-profit organisation is in the middle of its annual fundraising campaign. [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/open-food-facts-needs-you-join-us-in-changing-the-food-sector Please consider supporting Open Food Facts] here. Many thanks, all help is appreciated !
== 2023-11 ==
* 2023-11-24 - Introducing the '''Community Grants''' to support and facilitate the creation of local Open Food Facts communities or activities around the world ! 🌎 Two types are available : [[Community Rapid Grants|Rapid Grants]] & [[Community Project Grants|Project Grants]]. Read more on [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/new-community-grants our latest blogpost].
* 2023-11-20 - [https://www.opensource-experience.com/exposant/39092/open-food-facts/ Open Source Experience fair] is happening on the 6-7 of December in Paris and Open Food Facts will be there (stand B17) ! Come say hi
* 2023-11-18 - Open Food Facts welcomed curious visitors in its office ([https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/new-office-the-orangery-of-open-food-facts-%f0%9f%8d%8a nicknamed as the "Orangery"🍊]), located in the building called Les Arches Citoyennes during its Open Doors. It was an opportunity to present the work of our non-profit.
* 2023-11-14 - A part of the team is heading to the [https://ngiforum2023.eu/ NGI Forum] in Brussels, Belgium - a networking event about Digital Commons 💻  where [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgarel/ Alex] is involved in a talk
* 2023-11-10 - 🍊 Almost 6000 products imported by '''Auchan''' Retail France via AGENA3000! Another step towards food transparency 💪 Read our blog post ([https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/news/un-pas-vers-plus-de-transparence-auchan-partage-les-donnees-de-pres-de-6-000-produits-de-sa-marque-sur-open-food-facts FR]/EN)
* 2023-11-08 - 🌎 Team '''Going Global''' community call - Wed 8th Nov from 6-7 pm (Paris time CET). Learn more about [[Going Global Team|this volunteer team]] & [https://forms.gle/dpfYTjxydWm5eMwr5 join us] if you like!
* 2023-11-06 - 🤝 Team '''Partnerships''' community call - Mon 6th Nov from 6-7 pm (Paris time CET). Learn more about [[Producers team#Activities|this volunteer team]] & [https://forms.gle/dpfYTjxydWm5eMwr5 join us] if you like!
== 2023-10 ==
* 2023-10-25 - 🙋‍♀️ A warm welcome to [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-delhomme/ Charlotte], joining the team for 1 year as a work-study student to support the International Development of Open Food Facts and supporting food manufacturers in their use of the [https://world.pro.openfoodfacts.org/ Pro platform]. [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/meet-the-team-charlotte-partnerships A nice portrait of Charlotte].
* 2023-10-21 - [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/open-food-facts-days-are-back-%f0%9f%8e%89-2023-edition OPEN FOOD FACTS DAYS 2023] 🎃 take place on Saturday 21/10 - Sunday 22/10 in Paris: the dedicated time for our community of contributors to meet in person! See wiki page: [[Open Food Facts Days 2023]]
* 2023-10-20 - 🌽 On Friday 20/10, Open Food Facts will host a day that brings together various actors of the food landscape: producers, distributors, researchers. See [https://www.academieduclimat.paris/evenements/la-journee-des-professionnels-par-open-food-facts/ Journées des professionnels].
* 2023-10-11 - 🔔 Open Food Facts association's [[Open Food Facts Association - General Assembly - 2023|General Assembly 2023]] will take place on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 6pm to 9pm (Paris time) in English. Anyone can join, however, only members of the association can vote. [https://www.helloasso.com/associations/open-food-facts/adhesions/adherez-a-l-association-open-food-facts-2023 If you want to become a member, head this way.]
* 2023-10-09 - 🏭 We will be visiting the [https://www.anuga.com/ Anuga food fair] in Cologne, Germany to encourage producers to share their product data with Open Food Facts. 
== 2023-09 ==
* 2023-09-30 - 🫙 A workshop around packaging, as well as a Scan party, was organised at the [https://coop14.fr/ coop market Coop14] in Paris.
* 2023-09-25 - Results of the "Tackling Food Packaging" presented during a webinar with ADEME (French agency for ecological transition) - you can watch it here : replay (in French).
* 2023-09-22 - 🔎 [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/search-a-licious-wants-to-make-searching-a-delicious-experience '''Search-a-licious'''] : a new search integration being built with the help of [https://www.ngi.eu/ NGI Search]. To help us with this project, we are welcoming [https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-chauvet-702788232/ Valentin], a work-study student in Lead Developer Fullstack Masters at ENSITECH Cergy.
* 2023-09-20 - Results from [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/how-tortoise-media-used-open-food-facts-in-its-better-food-index the 📱 Next Mobile app co-construction published, available here]. Thank you for everyone who took part in the creative sessions, survey & poll !
* 2023-09-18 - Open Food Facts welcomes [https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-chauvet-702788232/ Valentin], an apprentice web developper who will be primarily working on Search-a-licious project !
* 2023-09-10 - 📊 The [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/food-additive-emulsifiers-risk-of-cardiovascular-disease-in-the-nutrinet-sante-study British Medical Journal publishes a study] by the French cohort NutriNet-Santé on the danger of food additives & their link with cardiovascular diseases. Open Food Facts data was used in this research.
* 2023-09-06 - 📰 '''The Guardian''' mentions Open Food Facts in their article on Ultra-processed foods in the UK. [https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/sep/06/ultra-processed-foods-the-19-things-everyone-needs-to-know Read it here.]
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== 2023-08 ==
* 2023-08-28 - You may have experienced some slowness on the website or mobile app in the past few months. We decided to revamp our web crawler indexing strategy and improved the availability and speed of Open Food Facts services!
* 2023-08-16 -  ✨  A polished experience with the latest updates of the Open Food Facts app ! Find out what's new in this [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/introducing-the-v4-9-0-of-the-open-food-facts-app-a-polished-experience blog article].
== 2023-07 ==
* 2023-07-24 - Next '''👋Welcome & 💡Open Class''' community call will be on the '''30th of August''' ([https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NW8xdGowa2RsNGEwMnJnYmU1bmhybmk3OHYgY185ZDBlN2ZjNjhmMTlmNjRmZDkxZjYwYWMxOTM2YTAzNjQ3NTBlYzg2ODI3MmNlZmViNTc0NjRkYmEwZWY5MDZjQGc&tmsrc=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c%40group.calendar.google.com add event to your calendar]) hosted by Alex. There will not be one in July.
* 2023-07-12 - 📰 Open Food Facts data has been used in the making of the [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/how-tortoise-media-used-open-food-facts-in-its-better-food-index Better Food Index] by Tortoise Media (UK).
* 2023-07-10 - 👾 F-Droid is LIVE !
* 2023-07- 📺 TV appearance: Open Food Facts was showcased on the France 2 channel by Professor Mathilde Touvier ([https://www.france.tv/france-2/les-pouvoirs-extraordinaires-du-corps-humain/5026321-maux-de-ventre-depression-cancers-la-revolution-du-microbiote.html from 34:45]).
* 2023-07-07 - We will present the 📱mobile '''survey results''' from 6-7 pm (Paris time CET) on this call ([https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/M2E3cjMyZ2YwcGdzZmQycm5rbWNkbGw0bDcgY185ZDBlN2ZjNjhmMTlmNjRmZDkxZjYwYWMxOTM2YTAzNjQ3NTBlYzg2ODI3MmNlZmViNTc0NjRkYmEwZWY5MDZjQGc/Z2FsYXBhcmlzaWVubmVAZ21haWwuY29t Add to your calendar]). All welcome to join.
* 2023-07-01 - Open Food Facts welcomes two new interns this summer: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/prisque-dipinda-568821113/ Prisque] on the RGPD questions and [https://www.linkedin.com/in/julien-wu-367274252/ Julien] on Product Opener development ! Happy to have you, guys 🎉
* 2023-07-03 - 🤝 Team Partnerships community call - Monday 3rd July from 6-7 pm (Paris time CET). Learn more about [[Producers team#Activities|this volunteer team]] & [https://forms.gle/dpfYTjxydWm5eMwr5 join] if you like!
* 2023-07-01 -  '''GIVE YOUR INPUT'''📱 [https://forum.openfoodfacts.org/t/towards-1-million-users-and-beyond-for-open-food-facts-mobile-app/190 Building a vision for the future of our mobile app] together : share your ideas before 6th of July via this '''10-min survey''': https://t.ly/zHOqO - it'll be greatly appreciated !


== 2023-06 ==
== 2023-06 ==
 
* 2023-06-28 - [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Mm0yaTNxM3Y1cWhmNHRscDIzaWdkZGJyNW0gY185ZDBlN2ZjNjhmMTlmNjRmZDkxZjYwYWMxOTM2YTAzNjQ3NTBlYzg2ODI3MmNlZmViNTc0NjRkYmEwZWY5MDZjQGc&tmsrc=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c%40group.calendar.google.com '''👋WELCOME & 💡OPEN CLASS'''] community call this Wednesday 28th June from 6-7 pm (Paris time CET), all are welcome ! 30 minutes to connect, and 30 minutes to learn something new. This time, the tutorial will be around the mobile app.
* 2023-06-01 - We'll be participating in the conference on [https://lamaisonduzerodechet.org/evenements/conference-emballages-plastiques-peut-on-sen-passer/ "Plastic packaging: can we go without them ?"] (Emballages plastiques: peut-on s'en passer?) in Paris (at the Maison du Zéro Déchet). Meet the speakers: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAXNrR0B7bD8nx5-4Fsc2fBP7oflxrigud8 Xavier Martelli], packaging expert & an Open Food Facts contributor, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABhed20BCdwy0cHTZGS5p6X_tKXhTf0RBPE Diane Beaumenay-Joannet] ([https://surfrider.eu/ Surfrider Foundation Europe]) & [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABH_0_8B1ZrGTP9pCODMGYBcCgmGmfGD3nc Eléonore Blondeau] ([https://www.eternity-systems.com/qui-sommes-nous/ Eternity Systems]). We'll also briefly present our [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/join-the-tackling-food-packaging-operation "Tackling Food Packaging"] operation.
* 2023-06-27 -  [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Mm81NmtiYmRsdTAxcWtvMWcydTNtN2VvY2lfMjAyMzA2MjdUMTYwMDAwWiBjXzlkMGU3ZmM2OGYxOWY2NGZkOTFmNjBhYzE5MzZhMDM2NDc1MGVjODY4MjcyY2VmZWI1NzQ2NGRiYTBlZjkwNmNAZw&tmsrc=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c%40group.calendar.google.com&scp=ALL '''Going Global (Internationalisation)'''] community call - this Tuesday 27th June from 6-7 pm (Paris time CET). Learn more about this [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Going_Global_Team volunteer team here] & join if you like !
* 2023-06-14 - participating in [https://www.ow2con.org/view/2023/ OW2Con 2023]. Alex will give a talk today at 1:30 pm on our experience on running a digital common.
* 2023-06-14 - Scan Party #2: also part of the [https://www.paris.fr/evenements/scan-party-atelier-de-collecte-de-donnees-alimentaires-37533 Festival du Mieux Manger], we'll be at the [https://www.armeedusalut.fr/etablissements/pdf?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj_ajBhCqARIsAA37s0zQNja7wPPo_ANoO9Z1hrQN9RWtkPqJRO5IBY_FsofxBFU6FjBJ7VEaAmFmEALw_wcB Palais de la Femme] from 14-17h (Paris time). Come hang out :)
* A talk by Open Food Facts at the Collège de France on [https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/seminaire/prevention-nutritionnelle-des-maladies-chroniques-de-la-recherche-action-de-sante-publique/donnees-intelligence-artificielle-et-technologies-du-futur-quel-potentiel-pour-revolutionner-la data, artificial intelligence & future technologies and their potential to revolutionise research and public health action of tomorrow for nutrition & health] . Will also be available to watch live and replay.
* 2023-06-10 - Scan Party 🥳 alert: as part of the [https://www.paris.fr/evenements/scan-party-atelier-de-collecte-de-donnees-alimentaires-37533 Festival du Mieux Manger] (organised by the city of Paris), we'll be in person at the [https://www.solidariteroquette.fr/ Solidarité Roquette] on Saturday 10th June from 10-12h (Paris time) to present Open Food Facts, demonstrate the app & maybe add some products to the database. If you're in Paris, we'd be happy to meet you !
* 2023-06-08 - NEXT MOBILE APP: Following the brainstorming phase, we are now moving to the '''investigative phase'''🕵️. Join us to explore 5 potential tracks on Thursday 8th June 6-7 pm (CET/Paris time): [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=M2Y2NWJ0dWVndmI3ZDJqamprZnFtZG0yYjAgY185ZDBlN2ZjNjhmMTlmNjRmZDkxZjYwYWMxOTM2YTAzNjQ3NTBlYzg2ODI3MmNlZmViNTc0NjRkYmEwZWY5MDZjQGc&tmsrc=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c%40group.calendar.google.com link to event].
* 2023-06-01 - Thursday evening 1st June, we'll be participating in the conference on [https://lamaisonduzerodechet.org/evenements/conference-emballages-plastiques-peut-on-sen-passer/ "Plastic packaging: can we go without them ?"] (Emballages plastiques: peut-on s'en passer?) in Paris (at the Maison du Zéro Déchet). Meet the speakers: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAXNrR0B7bD8nx5-4Fsc2fBP7oflxrigud8 Xavier Martelli], packaging expert & an Open Food Facts contributor, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABhed20BCdwy0cHTZGS5p6X_tKXhTf0RBPE Diane Beaumenay-Joannet] ([https://surfrider.eu/ Surfrider Foundation Europe]) & [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABH_0_8B1ZrGTP9pCODMGYBcCgmGmfGD3nc Eléonore Blondeau] ([https://www.eternity-systems.com/qui-sommes-nous/ Eternity Systems]). We'll also briefly present our [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/join-the-tackling-food-packaging-operation "Tackling Food Packaging"] operation.


== 2023-05 ==
== 2023-05 ==
* 2023-05-31 - It's time to meet ! All are invited to join our '''[https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Nm83dmFidHFrajNuOGJiMzVuYnFxN2ZrcTQgY185ZDBlN2ZjNjhmMTlmNjRmZDkxZjYwYWMxOTM2YTAzNjQ3NTBlYzg2ODI3MmNlZmViNTc0NjRkYmEwZWY5MDZjQGc&tmsrc=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c%40group.calendar.google.com 👋 Welcome & 💡Open Class] community call''' this Wednesday 31/05 from 6-7 pm (CET/Paris time). This month's tutorial will be on the work of '''''Open Food Facts with food producers & brands''''', presented by our Partnerships manager Manon !  
* 2023-05-31 - It's time to meet ! All are invited to join our '''[https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=Nm83dmFidHFrajNuOGJiMzVuYnFxN2ZrcTQgY185ZDBlN2ZjNjhmMTlmNjRmZDkxZjYwYWMxOTM2YTAzNjQ3NTBlYzg2ODI3MmNlZmViNTc0NjRkYmEwZWY5MDZjQGc&tmsrc=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c%40group.calendar.google.com 👋 Welcome & 💡Open Class] community call''' this Wednesday 31/05 from 6-7 pm (CET/Paris time). This month's tutorial will be on the work of '''''Open Food Facts with food producers & brands''''', presented by our Partnerships manager Manon !  
* 2023-05-31 - Open Food Facts takes part in the discussion [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7069289457610285056 on digital commons in Europe] at the French National Assembly, together with other actors. Some of the goals: ✔ Gain a better understanding of what the digital commons are and the issues involved in developing them, ✔ Observe French and European initiatives launched during the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2022, ✔ Determine the expectations of stakeholders in the Digital Commons, ✔ Formulate recommendations for public authorities and legislators.
* 2023-05-31 - Open Food Facts takes part in the discussion [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7069289457610285056 on digital commons in Europe] at the French National Assembly, together with other actors. Some of the goals: ✔ Gain a better understanding of what the digital commons are and the issues involved in developing them, ✔ Observe French and European initiatives launched during the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2022, ✔ Determine the expectations of stakeholders in the Digital Commons, ✔ Formulate recommendations for public authorities and legislators.
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== 2023-04 ==
== 2023-04 ==
* 2023-04-26 - Our monthly '''[https://meet.google.com/vho-oxnz-weu 👋 Welcome & 💡Open Class] community call''' on the 26th April from 6-7 pm [https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=5,2988507,2643743&h=5&date=2023-3-20&sln=13-15&hf=1 CET (GMT+1)]: whether you're new or not, come hang out with us. The second part of the hour will be a tutorial by Alex on the Packaging operation & ways to tackle food packaging data !  
* 2023-04-26 - Our monthly '''[https://meet.google.com/vho-oxnz-weu 👋 Welcome & 💡Open Class] community call''' on the 26th April from 6-7 pm [https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=5,2988507,2643743&h=5&date=2023-3-20&sln=13-15&hf=1 CET (GMT+1)]: whether you're new or not, come hang out with us. The second part of the hour will be a tutorial by Alex on the Packaging operation & ways to tackle food packaging data !  
* 2023-04-10 - '''The community needs you 🧠 !''' We are inviting you to help us build TOGETHER a vision for the Open Food Facts app & collectively decide how we should try to reach this goal. ''What should Open Food Facts app — or even apps — look like to reach a maximum of people?'' Head to our forum where you will find the detailed process & calendar : https://bit.ly/3nVg3Um . Let's make it App'n 😉📲 !
* 2023-04-10 - '''The community needs you 🧠 !''' We are inviting you to help us build TOGETHER a vision for the Open Food Facts app & collectively decide how we should try to reach this goal. ''What should Open Food Facts app — or even apps — look like to reach a maximum of people?'' Head to our forum where you will find the detailed process & calendar : https://bit.ly/3nVg3Um . Let's make it App'n 😉📲 !
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== 2023-03 ==
== 2023-03 ==
* 2023-03-29 - Join us for a new "'''👋 Welcome & 💡Open Class" community call''' on the 29th March at 6-7 pm [https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=5,2988507,2643743&h=5&date=2023-3-20&sln=13-15&hf=1 CET (GMT+1)], 30 minutes to connect as a community & 30 minutes tutorial (this one will be on how the volunteer teams  work) ! Link to call https://meet.google.com/quy-dnom-xxc / or compose: ‪(FR) +33 1 87 40 15 56‬ CODE : ‪236 602 380‬# / for more phone numbers : https://tel.meet/quy-dnom-xxc?pin=7271571147009 .
* 2023-03-29 - Join us for a new "'''👋 Welcome & 💡Open Class" community call''' on the 29th March at 6-7 pm [https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=5,2988507,2643743&h=5&date=2023-3-20&sln=13-15&hf=1 CET (GMT+1)], 30 minutes to connect as a community & 30 minutes tutorial (this one will be on how the volunteer teams  work) ! Link to call https://meet.google.com/quy-dnom-xxc / or compose: ‪(FR) +33 1 87 40 15 56‬ CODE : ‪236 602 380‬# / for more phone numbers : https://tel.meet/quy-dnom-xxc?pin=7271571147009 .
* 2023-03-28 - 👀 Check out our latest blog article: a lovely [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/testimonial-the-win-win-partnership-between-mylabel-and-open-food-facts testimony from the App myLabel], reusing and contributing to the Open Food Facts database since 2019.  
* 2023-03-28 - 👀 Check out our latest blog article: a lovely [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/testimonial-the-win-win-partnership-between-mylabel-and-open-food-facts testimony from the App myLabel], reusing and contributing to the Open Food Facts database since 2019.  
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== 2023-02 ==
== 2023-02 ==
* 2023-02-24 - we started an [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-infrastructure/pull/189 infrastructure operation to upgrade some of our production server]. We reinstall one of the server, meanwhile the MongoDB instanced has been temporarily moved to a virtual server kindly hosted by Open Street Map France. If you see particular issues those month, [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-infrastructure/issues/ report them], also thank you in advance for your patience.  
* 2023-02-24 - we started an [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-infrastructure/pull/189 infrastructure operation to upgrade some of our production server]. We reinstall one of the server, meanwhile the MongoDB instanced has been temporarily moved to a virtual server kindly hosted by Open Street Map France. If you see particular issues those month, [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-infrastructure/issues/ report them], also thank you in advance for your patience.  
* 2023-02-16 - Pierre Slamich and Manon Corneille attended the conference “Towards a harmonised ecolabel in Europe” in The Hague 🇳🇱 Check out their key takeaways in this [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/discussions-on-a-harmonised-ecolabel-at-european-level-the-debate-is-moving-forward blog article]!
* 2023-02-16 - Pierre Slamich and Manon Corneille attended the conference “Towards a harmonised ecolabel in Europe” in The Hague 🇳🇱 Check out their key takeaways in this [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/discussions-on-a-harmonised-ecolabel-at-european-level-the-debate-is-moving-forward blog article]!
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== 2023-01 ==
== 2023-01 ==
* 2023-01-30 - ADEME has published a very interesting FAQ (in french) about environmental display on food products. [https://expertises.ademe.fr/economie-circulaire/consommer-autrement/passer-a-laction/reconnaitre-produit-plus-respectueux-lenvironnement/dossier/laffichage-environnemental/affichage-environnemental-secteur-alimentaire-experimentation-20202021 Find it in this page (french).]
* 2023-01-30 - ADEME has published a very interesting FAQ (in french) about environmental display on food products. [https://expertises.ademe.fr/economie-circulaire/consommer-autrement/passer-a-laction/reconnaitre-produit-plus-respectueux-lenvironnement/dossier/laffichage-environnemental/affichage-environnemental-secteur-alimentaire-experimentation-20202021 Find it in this page (french).]
* 2023-01-30 - Do you want to learn more about our food packaging operation? [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/rejoignez-loperation-plein-pot-sur-les-emballages I'm a citizen 🙋‍♀️] / [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/plein-pot-fabricants I'm a producer 🏭] / [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/open-food-facts-et-lademe-lancent-le-projet-plein-pot-sur-les-emballages I'm a journalist 🗞️]
* 2023-01-30 - Do you want to learn more about our food packaging operation? [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/rejoignez-loperation-plein-pot-sur-les-emballages I'm a citizen 🙋‍♀️] / [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/plein-pot-fabricants I'm a producer 🏭] / [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/open-food-facts-et-lademe-lancent-le-projet-plein-pot-sur-les-emballages I'm a journalist 🗞️]
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== 2022-12 ==
== 2022-12 ==
* 2022-12-19 - As part of our latest operation "'''''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wl--_0AzesyQ5ksBb8_yohMlZu8aQOBP/view?usp=share_link Plein pot sur les emballages]'''''", we invite all food producers to share their data on packaging: ''number, shape, material, recyclability, weight''... We want it all! [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oWhuwEwVecpWdF_w2bWVSL3CS7-p0lYV/view?usp=share_link More detail (FR only)]
* 2022-12-19 - As part of our latest operation "'''''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wl--_0AzesyQ5ksBb8_yohMlZu8aQOBP/view?usp=share_link Plein pot sur les emballages]'''''", we invite all food producers to share their data on packaging: ''number, shape, material, recyclability, weight''... We want it all! [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oWhuwEwVecpWdF_w2bWVSL3CS7-p0lYV/view?usp=share_link More detail (FR only)]
* 2022-12-16 - Open Food Facts did a small presentation during [https://enmi-conf.org/wp/enmi22/ les entretiens du nouveau monde industriel] conference in Paris, during a round table about alimentation and knowledge modeling. [https://iri-ressources.org/collections/collection-2/season-67/video-924.html#t=7370.332 Video (in french) is here].  
* 2022-12-16 - Open Food Facts did a small presentation during [https://enmi-conf.org/wp/enmi22/ les entretiens du nouveau monde industriel] conference in Paris, during a round table about alimentation and knowledge modeling. [https://iri-ressources.org/collections/collection-2/season-67/video-924.html#t=7370.332 Video (in french) is here].  
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== 2022-11 ==
== 2022-11 ==
* 2022-11-30 - You can now subscribe to ''[https://mirabelle.openfoodfacts.org/-/data-quality-daily/subscribe Data quality daily]'' (beta), '''a daily email suggesting you 3 Open Food Facts products to fix'''. These products are sent to ''you'' (and no-one else), they should be fixable (photos) and ranked by products' popularity (your fixes have a higher impact). You also get nice daily stats about data quality, including a contributors board. Help us improve data quality!
* 2022-11-30 - You can now subscribe to ''[https://mirabelle.openfoodfacts.org/-/data-quality-daily/subscribe Data quality daily]'' (beta), '''a daily email suggesting you 3 Open Food Facts products to fix'''. These products are sent to ''you'' (and no-one else), they should be fixable (photos) and ranked by products' popularity (your fixes have a higher impact). You also get nice daily stats about data quality, including a contributors board. Help us improve data quality!
* 2022-11-29 - As Open Food Facts reaches the middle of its fundraising season, we invite you to participate in the [https://www.givingtuesday.org/about/ Giving Tuesday] (29 November), a worldwide movement, unleashing the power of people and organisations to transform their communities and the world. It encourages and multiplies giving, commitment and solidarity. 🔎 🍊 [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/donate-to-open-food-facts '''Donate to Open Food Facts.'''] Donations allow to finance the core of our activity & its sustainability. Read more on it in this [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/contribute-to-a-citizen-project-carried-by-everyone dedicated blog post.]
* 2022-11-29 - As Open Food Facts reaches the middle of its fundraising season, we invite you to participate in the [https://www.givingtuesday.org/about/ Giving Tuesday] (29 November), a worldwide movement, unleashing the power of people and organisations to transform their communities and the world. It encourages and multiplies giving, commitment and solidarity. 🔎 🍊 [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/donate-to-open-food-facts '''Donate to Open Food Facts.'''] Donations allow to finance the core of our activity & its sustainability. Read more on it in this [https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/en/news/contribute-to-a-citizen-project-carried-by-everyone dedicated blog post.]
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== 2022-10 ==
== 2022-10 ==
* 2022-10-26 - Open Food Facts is starting '''Monthly Webinars''', every last Wednesday of the month, 18-19H (CEST). First one will be 26/10 "''On contribution & the website''" (Stéphane). An opportunity to connect & attend a tutorial on a specific contributing area. All dates will be available on the [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Paris '''Community Calendar''']!  
* 2022-10-26 - Open Food Facts is starting '''Monthly Webinars''', every last Wednesday of the month, 18-19H (CEST). First one will be 26/10 "''On contribution & the website''" (Stéphane). An opportunity to connect & attend a tutorial on a specific contributing area. All dates will be available on the [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_9d0e7fc68f19f64fd91f60ac1936a0364750ec868272cefeb57464dba0ef906c@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Paris '''Community Calendar''']!  
* 2022-10-25 - A complete redesign of the [https://world.openfoodfacts.org Open Food Facts website] was launched a few days ago, with new logos and colors, knowledge panels, and updated personal search. The paint is still quite fresh and there are many small things that need to be fixed. [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/7295 Let us know if you see some issues, or if you want to help us fix them!]
* 2022-10-25 - A complete redesign of the [https://world.openfoodfacts.org Open Food Facts website] was launched a few days ago, with new logos and colors, knowledge panels, and updated personal search. The paint is still quite fresh and there are many small things that need to be fixed. [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/7295 Let us know if you see some issues, or if you want to help us fix them!]
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== 2022-06 ==
== 2022-06 ==
* 2022-06-30 - Pierre S., project co-founder, is presenting the results of [https://www.afnic.fr/ Afnic Foundation] support to Open Food Facts for the facilitation of environmental choices in food.
* 2022-06-30 - Pierre S., project co-founder, is presenting the results of [https://www.afnic.fr/ Afnic Foundation] support to Open Food Facts for the facilitation of environmental choices in food.
* 2022-06-29 - Open Food Facts, represented by Alex G., is participating in the [https://ac.cfi.fr/fr/events/pec-invit-forum-civictech-af/ CivicTech Abidjan 2022 Forum]. Thanks to [https://cfi.fr/fr CFI], the French media development agency, for giving us this opportunity, and to [https://www.samsa.fr/ Samsa.fr] for the excellent editorial and preparatory work.
* 2022-06-29 - Open Food Facts, represented by Alex G., is participating in the [https://ac.cfi.fr/fr/events/pec-invit-forum-civictech-af/ CivicTech Abidjan 2022 Forum]. Thanks to [https://cfi.fr/fr CFI], the French media development agency, for giving us this opportunity, and to [https://www.samsa.fr/ Samsa.fr] for the excellent editorial and preparatory work.
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== 2022-04 ==
== 2022-04 ==
* 2022-04-25 - Open Food Facts welcomes 2 new team members: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoncorneille/ Manon] (international development manager) & [https://www.linkedin.com/in/galia-nafikova-18103145/ Galia] (community manager).
* 2022-04-25 - Open Food Facts welcomes 2 new team members: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoncorneille/ Manon] (international development manager) & [https://www.linkedin.com/in/galia-nafikova-18103145/ Galia] (community manager).
* 2022-04-25 - Opening applications for [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/SeasonOfDocs Season of Docs 2022].
* 2022-04-25 - Opening applications for [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/SeasonOfDocs Season of Docs 2022].
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== 2022-02 ==
== 2022-02 ==
* 2022-02-11 - Taxonomies - Thanks to @Stephane's work, the packaging field is now taxonomized, which means we won't have a mix of languages without knowing in which language each entry is. It is also very useful to compute the Eco-Score environmental score with more precision.
* 2022-02-11 - Taxonomies - Thanks to @Stephane's work, the packaging field is now taxonomized, which means we won't have a mix of languages without knowing in which language each entry is. It is also very useful to compute the Eco-Score environmental score with more precision.
* 2022-02-11 - Finding technical contribution opportunities - Are you a Python person ? A designer. Do your eyes shine for Ruby or are you feeling Rusty ? Thanks to @Pierre (teolemon), There's now [https://github.com/openfoodfacts a recap of all the technical projects of Open Food Facts, along with shortcuts to technical contribution opportunities]. Feel free to propose improvements to the recap itself!
* 2022-02-11 - Finding technical contribution opportunities - Are you a Python person ? A designer. Do your eyes shine for Ruby or are you feeling Rusty ? Thanks to @Pierre (teolemon), There's now [https://github.com/openfoodfacts a recap of all the technical projects of Open Food Facts, along with shortcuts to technical contribution opportunities]. Feel free to propose improvements to the recap itself!
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* 2022-01-01 - ''Happy New Year everyone'' - Open Food Facts will be 10 this year, and we'll try to celebrate accordingly.
* 2022-01-01 - ''Happy New Year everyone'' - Open Food Facts will be 10 this year, and we'll try to celebrate accordingly.
* 2022-01-04 - ''Folksonomy Engine/DART'' - Support for the Folksonomy Engine has landed in the Open Food Facts DART package, courtesy of Monsieur Tanuki. If you're creating a Flutter app, you can learn more on [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-dart GitHub]
* 2022-01-04 - ''Folksonomy Engine/DART'' - Support for the Folksonomy Engine has landed in the Open Food Facts DART package, courtesy of Monsieur Tanuki. If you're creating a Flutter app, you can learn more on [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-dart GitHub]
== 2021-12 ==
== 2021-12 ==
* 2021-12-30 - ''Smoothie - Flutter'' - We're making steady progress, with a new UI, speed improvements, and a completely new scan card and product page. [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/smooth-app Links to test it]
* 2021-12-30 - ''Smoothie - Flutter'' - We're making steady progress, with a new UI, speed improvements, and a completely new scan card and product page. [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/smooth-app Links to test it]
* 2021-12-26 - ''Hunger Games'' - New languages deployed with partial or full translations: Estonian, Croatian, Corean, Bulgarian and Polish. [https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/ Try it] - [https://crowdin.com/project/openfoodfacts Contribute Translations]
* 2021-12-26 - ''Hunger Games'' - New languages deployed with partial or full translations: Estonian, Croatian, Corean, Bulgarian and Polish. [https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/ Try it] - [https://crowdin.com/project/openfoodfacts Contribute Translations]
== 2021-09 ==
== 2021-09 ==
*2021-09-30 - Launch of the [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/C02KVRT2C/p1633018324126900 Quick wins vote], a test to let all the community choose its preferred issues. Don't hesitate to participate!
* 2021-09-30 - Launch of the [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/C02KVRT2C/p1633018324126900 Quick wins vote], a test to let all the community choose its preferred issues. Don't hesitate to participate!
*2021-09-27 ''- Google Fellowship'' - Fellows' impact kept accelerating:  
* 2021-09-27 ''- Google Fellowship'' - Fellows' impact kept accelerating:  
**''Robotoff''- On the ML front, Yana closed the 8 month gap in releasing Robotoff, after extensive refactoring. As a result, Weight, Label and Store extraction are working again, but it's only the tip of much more significant improvements, with more to come as she has begun taking category prediction to the next level.
**''Robotoff''- On the ML front, Yana closed the 8 month gap in releasing Robotoff, after extensive refactoring. As a result, Weight, Label and Store extraction are working again, but it's only the tip of much more significant improvements, with more to come as she has begun taking category prediction to the next level.
**''Robotoff''- Building on Yana's work, and after automating Product Opener, Olivier has started automating the deployment of Robotoff, this will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features, and no more 8 month deployment gap.
**''Robotoff''- Building on Yana's work, and after automating Product Opener, Olivier has started automating the deployment of Robotoff, this will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features, and no more 8 month deployment gap.
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**''UI/UX'' - the Product and UI team (fellows Cal and Tim but also Pierre, Domenico and Primaël) are continuing researching and designing what's next for Smoothie. We're spending a lot of time on making the knowledge page personalized and knowledgeable, without overwhelming you with information.
**''UI/UX'' - the Product and UI team (fellows Cal and Tim but also Pierre, Domenico and Primaël) are continuing researching and designing what's next for Smoothie. We're spending a lot of time on making the knowledge page personalized and knowledgeable, without overwhelming you with information.
*  ''Dev'' - The project is progressively moving to semantic PRs. What are semantic PRs you may ask ? They allow to create lists of changes more easily, to make news bulletins like this one easier to create.
*  ''Dev'' - The project is progressively moving to semantic PRs. What are semantic PRs you may ask ? They allow to create lists of changes more easily, to make news bulletins like this one easier to create.
*2021-09 ''- Android'' - The release is still stuck on this [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-androidapp/issues/4120 migration issue]. Help very welcome :)
* 2021-09 ''- Android'' - The release is still stuck on this [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-androidapp/issues/4120 migration issue]. Help very welcome :)
*2021-09 - ''iPhone'' - The [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/907 build is broken], and we have [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/927 a massive storage issue]. iOS and Swift expert, your help would be most welcome.
* 2021-09 - ''iPhone'' - The [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/907 build is broken], and we have [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/927 a massive storage issue]. iOS and Swift expert, your help would be most welcome.
* ''API documentation''- The API documentation has been massively refreshed by Pierre, and [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/api-documentation has a new home] thanks to automation work by Olivier and Pierre. Included are new developer use-cases, to implement the Nutri-Score, the Eco-Score or ingredient related features in your own app. We've rewritten passages that were not clear, and you can file issues whenever you'd like an improvement (or do a PR yourself following the instructions)
* ''API documentation''- The API documentation has been massively refreshed by Pierre, and [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/api-documentation has a new home] thanks to automation work by Olivier and Pierre. Included are new developer use-cases, to implement the Nutri-Score, the Eco-Score or ingredient related features in your own app. We've rewritten passages that were not clear, and you can file issues whenever you'd like an improvement (or do a PR yourself following the instructions)
* ''Product Opener documentation''- thanks to automation work by Pierre, [https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/ documentation of Product Opener is now published regularly]
* ''Product Opener documentation''- thanks to automation work by Pierre, [https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/ documentation of Product Opener is now published regularly]
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== 2021-08 ==
== 2021-08 ==
*2021-08-13 ''- Google Fellowship'' - All fellows are already making lasting impact:  
* 2021-08-13 ''- Google Fellowship'' - All fellows are already making lasting impact:  
** Olivier automated the deployment of Product Opener (the server). This will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features on the web and through the API.
** Olivier automated the deployment of Product Opener (the server). This will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features on the web and through the API.
** On the ML front, Yana is getting Robotoff into top shape, by making it easy to develop on your machine and to deploy for testing and release. She's joined by Shu on the same topic.
** On the ML front, Yana is getting Robotoff into top shape, by making it easy to develop on your machine and to deploy for testing and release. She's joined by Shu on the same topic.
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** And finally, on the Eco-Score front, Martin is doing exploratory work on individual computations, with very encouraging initial wins.
** And finally, on the Eco-Score front, Martin is doing exploratory work on individual computations, with very encouraging initial wins.
** And thanks to Laura and Sebastien for the often forgotten yet essential coordination work.
** And thanks to Laura and Sebastien for the often forgotten yet essential coordination work.
*2021-08-10 ''- Taxonomies'' - We've started mapping the carbon impact of individual ingredients. If you'd like to help Thomas, Arnaud, Pierre and others on the topic, join the #taxonomies channel. We're also looking for help translating the taxonomies in more languages.
* 2021-08-10 ''- Taxonomies'' - We've started mapping the carbon impact of individual ingredients. If you'd like to help Thomas, Arnaud, Pierre and others on the topic, join the #taxonomies channel. We're also looking for help translating the taxonomies in more languages.
*2021-08-02 ''- Android'' - We're nearing release, with increased stability thanks to Vaiton. We still have some issues to solve, PRs to complete, and there's always room for new features and improvements.
* 2021-08-02 ''- Android'' - We're nearing release, with increased stability thanks to Vaiton. We still have some issues to solve, PRs to complete, and there's always room for new features and improvements.


== 2021-07 ==
== 2021-07 ==
 
* 2021-07-29 ''- Wild School project' - Maxime, Cédric, Ahlem, Soufiane and Valentin in coordination with Tarik, Stéphane and Pierre, worked on a new visualisation engine for the Eco-Score data, as their WildSchool capstone project. It's already helping assess the impact of Eco-Score, and we hope to extend it to other topics.''
*2021-07-29 ''- Wild School project' - Maxime, Cédric, Ahlem, Soufiane and Valentin in coordination with Tarik, Stéphane and Pierre, worked on a new visualisation engine for the Eco-Score data, as their WildSchool capstone project. It's already helping assess the impact of Eco-Score, and we hope to extend it to other topics.''
* 2021-07-15 ''- iOS'' - Slava helped fix the build. A few PRs are waiting for review
*2021-07-15 ''- iOS'' - Slava helped fix the build. A few PRs are waiting for review
* 2021-07-12 - 'Producers' - We're looking for volunteers to help us translate the presentations for producers into new languages (and possibly making contact)
*2021-07-12 - 'Producers' - We're looking for volunteers to help us translate the presentations for producers into new languages (and possibly making contact)
* 2021-07-01 ''- Team'' - As announced previously (see the [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate blog post]), 10 Google employees are joining the Open Food Facts team full time for 6 months to work on the Eco-Score and a new Open Food Facts app! #fellowship on Slack.
 
*2021-07-01 ''- Team'' - As announced previously (see the [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate blog post]), 10 Google employees are joining the Open Food Facts team full time for 6 months to work on the Eco-Score and a new Open Food Facts app! #fellowship on Slack.


== 2021-06 ==
== 2021-06 ==
 
* 2021-06-14 - ''Team'' - Job offer: [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-is-recruiting-a-full-stack-developer Open Food Facts is recruiting a full stack developer] / French: [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-recrute-un-e-developpeur-euse Open Food Facts recrute un(e) développeur(euse)]
*2021-06-14 - ''Team'' - Job offer: [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-is-recruiting-a-full-stack-developer Open Food Facts is recruiting a full stack developer] / French: [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-recrute-un-e-developpeur-euse Open Food Facts recrute un(e) développeur(euse)]
* 2021-06-10 - ''Presentation'' - Stéphane made a lightning talk at the Perl Conference to present OFF. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YWe6tspDaHuTIpnEO4XamJ_Mtxja73KRg9j6L1viHdo/edit?usp=sharing slides]
*2021-06-10 - ''Presentation'' - Stéphane made a lightning talk at the Perl Conference to present OFF. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YWe6tspDaHuTIpnEO4XamJ_Mtxja73KRg9j6L1viHdo/edit?usp=sharing slides]
* 2021-06-05  - ''Podcast about the environment'' - On World Environment Day, Pierre and Stéphane spoke with Dr Hannah Fry about Open Food Facts' environmental efforts and Google's support in the 6th episode of the Planet Progress podcast. Available now on your favorite platform ([https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1560969127?mt=2&ls=1 Apple Podcasts] / [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3BsYW5ldHByb2dyZXNzLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcGxheWVyZm0 Google Podcasts] / [https://open.spotify.com/show/0Pkg6vaAMUKE4sqyqCXfWY?si=yi09yTzeQKm020hsK3WP0w Spotify] / [https://www.stitcher.com/show/planet-progress Stitcher])
*2021-06-05  - ''Podcast about the environment'' - On World Environment Day, Pierre and Stéphane spoke with Dr Hannah Fry about Open Food Facts' environmental efforts and Google's support in the 6th episode of the Planet Progress podcast. Available now on your favorite platform ([https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1560969127?mt=2&ls=1 Apple Podcasts] / [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3BsYW5ldHByb2dyZXNzLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcGxheWVyZm0 Google Podcasts] / [https://open.spotify.com/show/0Pkg6vaAMUKE4sqyqCXfWY?si=yi09yTzeQKm020hsK3WP0w Spotify] / [https://www.stitcher.com/show/planet-progress Stitcher])
* 2021-06-06  - ''Android documentation'' - You want to help with the next release of the Android app? We now have an automated documentation for the Android App, published at https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-androidapp/
*2021-06-06  - ''Android documentation'' - You want to help with the next release of the Android app? We now have an automated documentation for the Android App, published at https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-androidapp/


==2021-05==
==2021-05==
* 2021-08-25 - Open Food Facts is extending the Eco-score throughout Europe, starting with 8 countries. [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate More on the OFF blog]
* 2021-08-25 - Open Food Facts is extending the Eco-score throughout Europe, starting with 8 countries. [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate More on the OFF blog]
* 2021-08-25 - Google.org, in addition to the Google Impact Challenge, is giving us the benefit of the Google Fellowship. This will allow 7 Googlers to come and strengthen the permanent and volunteer teams for 6 months to help us improve our artificial intelligence algorithms and our mobile application. [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate More on the OFF blog] ([https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureat-du-google-fellowship-et-du-google-impact-challenge-pour-le-climat French blogpost])
* 2021-08-25 - Google.org, in addition to the Google Impact Challenge, is giving us the benefit of the Google Fellowship. This will allow 7 Googlers to come and strengthen the permanent and volunteer teams for 6 months to help us improve our artificial intelligence algorithms and our mobile application. [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate More on the OFF blog] ([https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureat-du-google-fellowship-et-du-google-impact-challenge-pour-le-climat French blogpost])
*2021-05-24 - ''Team'' - Rosheen Naeem started an internship with Open Food Facts through the Outreachy program thanks to the Perl Foundation. Rosheen will be working on improving the code quality of the Perl backend of Open Food Facts.
*2021-05-24 - ''Team'' - Rosheen Naeem started an internship with Open Food Facts through the Outreachy program thanks to the Perl Foundation. Rosheen will be working on improving the code quality of the Perl backend of Open Food Facts.
*2021-05-24 - ''Team'' - Hugo Delfaut started an internship with Open Food Facts. Hugo will be working on recruiting and supporting manufacturers to get them to open the data of their products, in particular through our platform for producers.
*2021-05-24 - ''Team'' - Hugo Delfaut started an internship with Open Food Facts. Hugo will be working on recruiting and supporting manufacturers to get them to open the data of their products, in particular through our platform for producers.
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==2021-04 ==
==2021-04 ==
*2021-04-13 - Open Food Facts is a [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/google-impact-challenge-on-climate laureate of the Google.org Impact Challenge], to amplify our environmental impact on a European scale, by measuring the environmental impact of food.
* 2021-04-13 - Open Food Facts is a [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/google-impact-challenge-on-climate laureate of the Google.org Impact Challenge], to amplify our environmental impact on a European scale, by measuring the environmental impact of food.
*2021-04-11 - Computations of the Eco-Score are being extended beyond France. You can help in #ecoscore
* 2021-04-11 - Computations of the Eco-Score are being extended beyond France. You can help in #ecoscore
 
==2021-03==
==2021-03==
*2021-03-12 - ''Podcast about the environment'' - Pierre was invited by Tristan Nitot (of Firefox fame) to talk about Open Food Facts's environmental efforts in the [https://standblog.org/blog/post/2021/03/12/L-Octet-Vert-Episode-02-avec-Pierre-d-OpenFoodFacts second episode of L'Octet Vert] (French only)
* 2021-03-12 - ''Podcast about the environment'' - Pierre was invited by Tristan Nitot (of Firefox fame) to talk about Open Food Facts's environmental efforts in the [https://standblog.org/blog/post/2021/03/12/L-Octet-Vert-Episode-02-avec-Pierre-d-OpenFoodFacts second episode of L'Octet Vert] (French only)
*2021-03-05 - ''Categorizing products directly from the image'' - Le Wagon students have worked on a [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6773674118320586753/ new way to predict the category of a product directly from images], using the OCR. The preliminary results are really good for high level categories, and we're working to add the predictions to Robotoff. Thanks to Shadia, Capucine, Laure, Mickael & Aoife Mornard !
* 2021-03-05 - ''Categorizing products directly from the image'' - Le Wagon students have worked on a [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6773674118320586753/ new way to predict the category of a product directly from images], using the OCR. The preliminary results are really good for high level categories, and we're working to add the predictions to Robotoff. Thanks to Shadia, Capucine, Laure, Mickael & Aoife Mornard !


==2021-02==
==2021-02==
*2021-02-19 - ''Contribution'' - In partnership with the EREN scientists, we launched [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/ouvrez-votre-tube-de-dentifrice-pour-faire-avancer-la-science Opération Dentifrice] (French) "Operation Toothpaste" on Open Beauty Facts
* 2021-02-19 - ''Contribution'' - In partnership with the EREN scientists, we launched [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/ouvrez-votre-tube-de-dentifrice-pour-faire-avancer-la-science Opération Dentifrice] (French) "Operation Toothpaste" on Open Beauty Facts
*2021-02-18 - ''Infrastructure'' - New NVME disks have been installed in the OFF machines, and the OFF database and website are now much faster! (thanks to Christian Quest for the setup and install)
* 2021-02-18 - ''Infrastructure'' - New NVME disks have been installed in the OFF machines, and the OFF database and website are now much faster! (thanks to Christian Quest for the setup and install)
*2021-02-12 - ''Extension for e-shopping'' - DriveOFF is an extension for Chrome and Firefox allowing you to consume better by displaying in real time the nutritional information of the products that you consult on many online food shopping sites. [https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/extension-pour-les-drives It's France only at the moment], but adding support for new websites is really easy. Those were shipped thanks to Clovis, as part of a Wild School student project. Join us on [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/CCUPSBMNZ #estore_extension channel] and on [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/DriveOFF GitHub]
* 2021-02-12 - ''Extension for e-shopping'' - DriveOFF is an extension for Chrome and Firefox allowing you to consume better by displaying in real time the nutritional information of the products that you consult on many online food shopping sites. [https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/extension-pour-les-drives It's France only at the moment], but adding support for new websites is really easy. Those were shipped thanks to Clovis, as part of a Wild School student project. Join us on [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/CCUPSBMNZ #estore_extension channel] and on [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/DriveOFF GitHub]
*2021-02-12 - ''Contribution and product history analysis'' - A Wild School student project worked on creating specialized MongoDB to explore all the revisions ever made of products, and all the contributions. This will pave the way to features like product reformulation tracking, and gamification for contributions, like personal reports of your contributions.
* 2021-02-12 - ''Contribution and product history analysis'' - A Wild School student project worked on creating specialized MongoDB to explore all the revisions ever made of products, and all the contributions. This will pave the way to features like product reformulation tracking, and gamification for contributions, like personal reports of your contributions.
*2021-02-12 - ''Infrastructure'' - The Robotoff infrastructure has been moved to the new [[Infrastructure/VM_cluster|OVH servers]], and as a result, the MongoDB database used by the OFF web site is much more responsive.
* 2021-02-12 - ''Infrastructure'' - The Robotoff infrastructure has been moved to the new [[Infrastructure/VM_cluster|OVH servers]], and as a result, the MongoDB database used by the OFF web site is much more responsive.
*2021-02-01 - ''Contribution'' - A new version of Hunger Game has been deployed (see #hunger-games channel).
* 2021-02-01 - ''Contribution'' - A new version of Hunger Game has been deployed (see #hunger-games channel).
*2021-02-01 - ''Contribution'' - There are two small improvements on the website product form: it is now possible to clear all the nutrient data table with a dedicated button; the “save” button is in green, to be distinguished from other buttons.
* 2021-02-01 - ''Contribution'' - There are two small improvements on the website product form: it is now possible to clear all the nutrient data table with a dedicated button; the “save” button is in green, to be distinguished from other buttons.


==2021-01==
==2021-01==
*2021-01-17 - ''Open Beauty Facts Android alpha'' - The Android alpha of Open Beauty Facts has been refreshed. The refresh will make its way to beta soon. A new attributes system should enable us to deprecate the classic version soon. Help would be welcome into adding iPhone or Flutter support for Open Beauty Facts.
* 2021-01-17 - ''Open Beauty Facts Android alpha'' - The Android alpha of Open Beauty Facts has been refreshed. The refresh will make its way to beta soon. A new attributes system should enable us to deprecate the classic version soon. Help would be welcome into adding iPhone or Flutter support for Open Beauty Facts.
* 2021-01-07 - ''Release of the Eco-Score'' - The Eco-Score is an environmental score (ecoscore) from A to E which makes it easy to compare the impact of food products on the environment.
* 2021-01-07 - ''Release of the Eco-Score'' - The Eco-Score is an environmental score (ecoscore) from A to E which makes it easy to compare the impact of food products on the environment.
*2021-01-07 - ''Android'' - Support for the Eco-Score. Unknown scores are now displayed in grey. All scores are now displayed in lists.
* 2021-01-07 - ''Android'' - Support for the Eco-Score. Unknown scores are now displayed in grey. All scores are now displayed in lists.
* 2021-01-07 - ''iPhone'' - Support for the Eco-Score. Unknown scores are now displayed in grey. All scores are now displayed in lists.
* 2021-01-07 - ''iPhone'' - Support for the Eco-Score. Unknown scores are now displayed in grey. All scores are now displayed in lists.
*2021-01-07 - ''Web'' - Support for the Eco-Score + Personal Search. Unknown scores are now displayed. You can sort products by Nutri-Score, Eco-Score, and filter them according to your choices (which are kept on your browser only)
* 2021-01-07 - ''Web'' - Support for the Eco-Score + Personal Search. Unknown scores are now displayed. You can sort products by Nutri-Score, Eco-Score, and filter them according to your choices (which are kept on your browser only)


==2020-12==
==2020-12==
*2020-12-21 - ''iPhone'': New version with simplified editing, preparation work for the Eco-Score (ability to add packaging photos and labels). Thanks to @aleene @philippeauriach @hferhmann @Ethenyl @jncosideout @tejuamirthi @raziqfarid @AshleySi @teolemon. [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/projects Help welcome].
* 2020-12-21 - ''iPhone'': New version with simplified editing, preparation work for the Eco-Score (ability to add packaging photos and labels). Thanks to @aleene @philippeauriach @hferhmann @Ethenyl @jncosideout @tejuamirthi @raziqfarid @AshleySi @teolemon. [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/projects Help welcome].
*2020-12-11 - ''Community'': Every week, Open Food Facts is receiving many questions from the general public, in different languages. We want to try to '''answer all these emails''', so we launched a new project to allow some contributors to [[Answering questions|answer in the right language]], while keeping questions private. Jonas Löser (@Jolesh on Slack and [[User:Jolesh|the Wiki]]) tested the platform and replied to some emails in German (thanks!). We also need help to answer emails in English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Arabic... One email per week is already a appreciated contribution. Please ask @Charles Nepote if you want to join the effort.
* 2020-12-11 - ''Community'': Every week, Open Food Facts is receiving many questions from the general public, in different languages. We want to try to '''answer all these emails''', so we launched a new project to allow some contributors to [[Answering questions|answer in the right language]], while keeping questions private. Jonas Löser (@Jolesh on Slack and [[User:Jolesh|the Wiki]]) tested the platform and replied to some emails in German (thanks!). We also need help to answer emails in English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Arabic... One email per week is already a appreciated contribution. Please ask @Charles Nepote if you want to join the effort.
*2020-12-10 - ''Community'': A draft of the '''[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1edx2Rr2vW1l9wCrDMnydaAb-cwSKKByz6a1ZPkbhJ0g/edit# Open Food Facts vision, mission, values and programs]''' has been proposed and is being discussed.
* 2020-12-10 - ''Community'': A draft of the '''[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1edx2Rr2vW1l9wCrDMnydaAb-cwSKKByz6a1ZPkbhJ0g/edit# Open Food Facts vision, mission, values and programs]''' has been proposed and is being discussed.
*2020-12-02 - ''Open Food Facts developpment'': we're announcing our [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/the-5-major-projects-of-open-food-facts-in-2021 5 major projects in 2021], and starting our donation campaign on [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFacts/status/1334162133295230983 Twitter]. Spread the world!
* 2020-12-02 - ''Open Food Facts developpment'': we're announcing our [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/the-5-major-projects-of-open-food-facts-in-2021 5 major projects in 2021], and starting our donation campaign on [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFacts/status/1334162133295230983 Twitter]. Spread the world!


==2020-11==
==2020-11==
*2020-11-37 - ''Environment'' - Work in progress: we are implementing a "forest footprint" based on the soy required for each ingredient of a product. Discussion on Slack in #ingredients and #empreinte-foret-fr (French)
* 2020-11-37 - ''Environment'' - Work in progress: we are implementing a "forest footprint" based on the soy required for each ingredient of a product. Discussion on Slack in #ingredients and #empreinte-foret-fr (French)
*2020-11-26 - ''Community'' - We are proposing to set up regular calls in English to present different aspects of the projects. [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/C02KVRT2C/p1606406745387000 discussion on Slack to schedule the first calls]
* 2020-11-26 - ''Community'' - We are proposing to set up regular calls in English to present different aspects of the projects. [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/C02KVRT2C/p1606406745387000 discussion on Slack to schedule the first calls]
*2020-11-18 - ''Personal Search'' - The new product cards that use the product attributes are now in alpha testing on the OFF site
* 2020-11-18 - ''Personal Search'' - The new product cards that use the product attributes are now in alpha testing on the OFF site
*2020-11-17 - ''Producers'' - Producers can now send photos and data automatically to our producers platform through Equadis - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/des-donnees-produits-sur-open-food-facts-en-direct-des-fabricants-et-en-temps-reel-avec-equadis Blog post in French]
* 2020-11-17 - ''Producers'' - Producers can now send photos and data automatically to our producers platform through Equadis - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/des-donnees-produits-sur-open-food-facts-en-direct-des-fabricants-et-en-temps-reel-avec-equadis Blog post in French]
*2020-11-14 - ''Android'' - A new version of the Android app is available. It provides a way to send '''packaging photos in an improved Environment tab''', and makes it possible to replace the front photo easily while preserving the ability to send additional pictures. Underlying work for the Eco-Score has also been done, and we're looking for help on the iPhone/iOS side to match this exciting new release.
* 2020-11-14 - ''Android'' - A new version of the Android app is available. It provides a way to send '''packaging photos in an improved Environment tab''', and makes it possible to replace the front photo easily while preserving the ability to send additional pictures. Underlying work for the Eco-Score has also been done, and we're looking for help on the iPhone/iOS side to match this exciting new release.
*2020-11-14 - ''Packagings'' - Structured packaging data is now extracted from the packaging text (which can include recycling instructions) - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/ Missions Emballages (French blog post)]
* 2020-11-14 - ''Packagings'' - Structured packaging data is now extracted from the packaging text (which can include recycling instructions) - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/ Missions Emballages (French blog post)]
*2020-11-09 - ''Ingredients analysis'' - Sven has added '''ingredients recognition stats as of Oct 31''' to [[Ingredients Analysis Quality Evaluation - March 2020 - May 2020]]. We continued to make huge progress in many languages!
* 2020-11-09 - ''Ingredients analysis'' - Sven has added '''ingredients recognition stats as of Oct 31''' to [[Ingredients Analysis Quality Evaluation - March 2020 - May 2020]]. We continued to make huge progress in many languages!
*2020-11-09 - ''Contributing'' - We are gathering input on what information would be useful to show to contributors for each product on pages that lists products: [[Product Attributes for Contributors]]
* 2020-11-09 - ''Contributing'' - We are gathering input on what information would be useful to show to contributors for each product on pages that lists products: [[Product Attributes for Contributors]]
*2020-11-07 - ''Eco-score'' - An alpha version of the Eco-score is now computed and shown to moderators. Join #ecoscore on Slack if you would like to test!
* 2020-11-07 - ''Eco-score'' - An alpha version of the Eco-score is now computed and shown to moderators. Join #ecoscore on Slack if you would like to test!
*2020-11-04 - ''Community'' - Help needed. The work of the community has to be respected. Data and photos attribution helps us spread the word about Open Food Facts and attract new contributors and build the community. That's why we have published a [[ODBL_non-compliance|public process related to our licences' compliance]]. Everyone can contribute: feel free to add and/or process clear cases of ODBL non-compliance, directly in this wiki page. The discussion takes place in our #licences channel on Slack.
* 2020-11-04 - ''Community'' - Help needed. The work of the community has to be respected. Data and photos attribution helps us spread the word about Open Food Facts and attract new contributors and build the community. That's why we have published a [[ODBL_non-compliance|public process related to our licences' compliance]]. Everyone can contribute: feel free to add and/or process clear cases of ODBL non-compliance, directly in this wiki page. The discussion takes place in our #licences channel on Slack.


==2020-10==
==2020-10==
*2020-10-06 - ''Packaging'' - @stephane introduced a new method to gather packaging information / recycling instructions, with a '''new packaging section''', where we can select a new image for packaging info / recycling instructions, and a new text box to add packaging info. E.g. https://uk.openfoodfacts.org/product/5021638020005/rachel-s-organic-bio-live-yogurt Tests welcome, with various products from your country, to see how well it works (or not), and what we need to change?
* 2020-10-06 - ''Packaging'' - @stephane introduced a new method to gather packaging information / recycling instructions, with a '''new packaging section''', where we can select a new image for packaging info / recycling instructions, and a new text box to add packaging info. E.g. https://uk.openfoodfacts.org/product/5021638020005/rachel-s-organic-bio-live-yogurt Tests welcome, with various products from your country, to see how well it works (or not), and what we need to change?
*2020-10-04 - ''Design'' - @Adam J has posted an interesting home page redesign to be discussed. [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/C02L4H55V/p1601807474031900 Just have a look].
* 2020-10-04 - ''Design'' - @Adam J has posted an interesting home page redesign to be discussed. [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/C02L4H55V/p1601807474031900 Just have a look].
*2020-10-03 - ''Products'' - @ggozlan with his app [https://foodbowel.com/ Foodbowel] took thousands pics of kosher products in Paris. Thanks to @Seb, it's now [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/editor/org-app-foodbowel online] and help is needed to complete the data!
* 2020-10-03 - ''Products'' - @ggozlan with his app [https://foodbowel.com/ Foodbowel] took thousands pics of kosher products in Paris. Thanks to @Seb, it's now [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/editor/org-app-foodbowel online] and help is needed to complete the data!


== 2020-09==
== 2020-09==
 
* 2020-09-21 - ''Products'' - Some special thanks to @Phawinpon Chotwanvirat, @Marcello Ingannamorte, @Alex for their whole work in Thailand, Italy and Germany!
*2020-09-21 - ''Products'' - Some special thanks to @Phawinpon Chotwanvirat, @Marcello Ingannamorte, @Alex for their whole work in Thailand, Italy and Germany!
* 2020-09-20 - ''Ingredients'' - @Sven have made many improvements and got the UK ingredients down to 10% unknowns. @Marie is also working hard on french ingredients. Any help is welcome!
*2020-09-20 - ''Ingredients'' - @Sven have made many improvements and got the UK ingredients down to 10% unknowns. @Marie is also working hard on french ingredients. Any help is welcome!
* 2020-09-20 - ''Media'' - @Seb [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFactsFr/status/1307714048985894913 is speaking on French national TV to present what Open Food Facts contributors do]
*2020-09-20 - ''Media'' - @Seb [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFactsFr/status/1307714048985894913 is speaking on French national TV to present what Open Food Facts contributors do]
* 2020-09-19 - ''Events'' - @Pierre [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFactsFr/status/1307052701688135683 presented Open Food Facts at the "Big Tour" in Paris]
*2020-09-19 - ''Events'' - @Pierre [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFactsFr/status/1307052701688135683 presented Open Food Facts at the "Big Tour" in Paris]
* 2020-09-18 - ''Code'' - @Sven made some [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3Aperformance+is%3Aclosed very impressive performance improvements] to the Open Food Facts backend
*2020-09-18 - ''Code'' - @Sven made some [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3Aperformance+is%3Aclosed very impressive performance improvements] to the Open Food Facts backend
* 2020-09-17 - ''Community'' - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/journees-off-et-assemblee-generale-de-l-association-open-food-facts-les-17-et-18-octobre-2020-en-visioconference We announced the "Journées OFF" (Days OFF) of the Open Food Facts non-profit association (in French)]
*2020-09-17 - ''Community'' - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/journees-off-et-assemblee-generale-de-l-association-open-food-facts-les-17-et-18-octobre-2020-en-visioconference We announced the "Journées OFF" (Days OFF) of the Open Food Facts non-profit association (in French)]
* 2020-09-15 - ''Events'' - @Stephane presented Open Food Facts to medical university students
*2020-09-15 - ''Events'' - @Stephane presented Open Food Facts to medical university students
* 2020-09-05 - ''Blog post'' - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/la-rentree-d-open-food-facts-en-6-actualites La rentrée d'Open Food Facts en 6 actualités] (in French, English post coming soon)
*2020-09-05 - ''Blog post'' - [https://fr.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/la-rentree-d-open-food-facts-en-6-actualites La rentrée d'Open Food Facts en 6 actualités] (in French, English post coming soon)


== 2020-08==
== 2020-08==
* 2020-08-27 - ''API'' - [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Product_Attributes New Product Attributes feature proposed]
* 2020-08-27 - ''API'' - [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Product_Attributes New Product Attributes feature proposed]
*2020-08-26 - ''API'' - [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Open_Food_Facts_Search_API_Version_2 New Search API in development]
* 2020-08-26 - ''API'' - [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Open_Food_Facts_Search_API_Version_2 New Search API in development]
*2020-08 - Sea-side animations in France: we [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFactsFr/status/1294648973236539397 toured the coasts of France as part of "Big Tour"] to present Open Food Facts, and quiz people about their knowledge of food, thanks to the work of Marie, Mickaël, Stephane and Pierre
* 2020-08 - Sea-side animations in France: we [https://twitter.com/OpenFoodFactsFr/status/1294648973236539397 toured the coasts of France as part of "Big Tour"] to present Open Food Facts, and quiz people about their knowledge of food, thanks to the work of Marie, Mickaël, Stephane and Pierre
*2020-08-24 - ''Ongoing Android Release'' - This is the first release where part of the tedious release process was automated, thanks to the work of Philippe. A large refactoring effort has been undertaken by Vaiton. This, and the addition of crash analytics allowed us to make more iteration, resulting in more stability. New features, release and fixes by Vaiton, Pierre, anguye13, Varsha-29, hangy, pareichlin, Marinolino, kant, raychenon, LoGO0, sashabrava, RajaVamsi11 and possibly others.
* 2020-08-24 - ''Ongoing Android Release'' - This is the first release where part of the tedious release process was automated, thanks to the work of Philippe. A large refactoring effort has been undertaken by Vaiton. This, and the addition of crash analytics allowed us to make more iteration, resulting in more stability. New features, release and fixes by Vaiton, Pierre, anguye13, Varsha-29, hangy, pareichlin, Marinolino, kant, raychenon, LoGO0, sashabrava, RajaVamsi11 and possibly others.
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All 25k OFF volunteers kept working hard: 1,4M products, 182 countries 🙂
All 25k OFF volunteers kept working hard: 1,4M products, 182 countries 🙂
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==2020-07==
==2020-07==
*2020-07-22 - ''Environment'' : To compute a new Eco-Score, created [[Eco-Score - Agribalyse coverage|metrics to track the % of products we can match to Agribalyse environmental impact data and a plan to improve it]]
* 2020-07-22 - ''Environment'' : To compute a new Eco-Score, created [[Eco-Score - Agribalyse coverage|metrics to track the % of products we can match to Agribalyse environmental impact data and a plan to improve it]]
*2020-07-15 - ''Events and communication'' : Marie and Mickaël have created step-by-step guides (currently in French) to create 2 simple workshops demonstrating the use of OFF to a general audience. (to be used during this summer "Microsoft Big Tour" event in France)
* 2020-07-15 - ''Events and communication'' : Marie and Mickaël have created step-by-step guides (currently in French) to create 2 simple workshops demonstrating the use of OFF to a general audience. (to be used during this summer "Microsoft Big Tour" event in France)
*2020-07-10 - ''Artificial Intelligence'': @Raphaël has updated the logo collection used in https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/logos and for logo prediction, we now have 1.5 million of logos (instead of 600k previously). Please ''use it carefully'' and read the [[Logo Annotation Guidelines|logo annotation guidelines]] before.
* 2020-07-10 - ''Artificial Intelligence'': @Raphaël has updated the logo collection used in https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/logos and for logo prediction, we now have 1.5 million of logos (instead of 600k previously). Please ''use it carefully'' and read the [[Logo Annotation Guidelines|logo annotation guidelines]] before.
*2020-07-03 - ''Producers'' : Non-food products (e.g. beauty products) imported through the platform for producers can now be redirected to Open Beauty Facts and Open Products Facts
* 2020-07-03 - ''Producers'' : Non-food products (e.g. beauty products) imported through the platform for producers can now be redirected to Open Beauty Facts and Open Products Facts


== 2020-06==
== 2020-06==
*2020-06-29 - ''Artificial Intelligence'': We have new members who joined our effort to extract nutrition facts data from photos. Join us in #ai-nutrition-table
* 2020-06-29 - ''Artificial Intelligence'': We have new members who joined our effort to extract nutrition facts data from photos. Join us in #ai-nutrition-table
*2020-06-29 - ''Belgium ingredients'': Busy cleaning up the unknown ingredients of products sold in Belgium. Implies cleaning the languages ingredient lists, adding languages, moving products, etc.(@aleene)
* 2020-06-29 - ''Belgium ingredients'': Busy cleaning up the unknown ingredients of products sold in Belgium. Implies cleaning the languages ingredient lists, adding languages, moving products, etc.(@aleene)
*2020-06-28 - ''Ingredients parsing'': Many improvements again this week, in particular for additives, in Spanish and many languages.
* 2020-06-28 - ''Ingredients parsing'': Many improvements again this week, in particular for additives, in Spanish and many languages.
* 2020-06-26 - ''Development' : Areesha is continuing to create templates to ease HTML / design changes. A template for nutrition facts table was deployed this week.''
* 2020-06-26 - ''Development' : Areesha is continuing to create templates to ease HTML / design changes. A template for nutrition facts table was deployed this week.''
*2020-06-25 - ''Producers'': '''Producers can now create free professional accounts''' to upload their product photos and data on the [https://world.pro.openfoodfacts.org Platform for producers].
* 2020-06-25 - ''Producers'': '''Producers can now create free professional accounts''' to upload their product photos and data on the [https://world.pro.openfoodfacts.org Platform for producers].
* 2020-06-19 - ''Special operations'': To prepare research for a blog post on honey, French contributors reviewed and improved products in the honey category.
* 2020-06-19 - ''Special operations'': To prepare research for a blog post on honey, French contributors reviewed and improved products in the honey category.
*2020-06-18 - ''Ingredients parsing'': Jussi and Charles Nepote have made big improvements in north Europe languages; [https://fi.openfoodfacts.org/ingredients?stats=1 95% of finish ingredients] are now recognized, and nearly [https://dk.openfoodfacts.org/ingredients?stats=1 90% of danish ones].
* 2020-06-18 - ''Ingredients parsing'': Jussi and Charles Nepote have made big improvements in north Europe languages; [https://fi.openfoodfacts.org/ingredients?stats=1 95% of finish ingredients] are now recognized, and nearly [https://dk.openfoodfacts.org/ingredients?stats=1 90% of danish ones].
* 2020-06-17 - ''Media'': OFF was presented on TV in Belgium (RTBF), reported by Daniel
* 2020-06-17 - ''Media'': OFF was presented on TV in Belgium (RTBF), reported by Daniel
*2020-06-15 - ''Web site'': The [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl advanced search form] has more possibilities and it's easier to use them.
* 2020-06-15 - ''Web site'': The [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl advanced search form] has more possibilities and it's easier to use them.
*2020-06-09 - ''Community'': We are launching an initiative for [[Even more transparency, openness and internationalisation]] for the management and day-to-day operations of the Open Food Facts project
* 2020-06-09 - ''Community'': We are launching an initiative for [[Even more transparency, openness and internationalisation]] for the management and day-to-day operations of the Open Food Facts project
*2020-06-08 - ''Ingredients parsing'': Acuario has improved (again!) a lot the Spanish ingredients and ingredients processing taxonomies.
* 2020-06-08 - ''Ingredients parsing'': Acuario has improved (again!) a lot the Spanish ingredients and ingredients processing taxonomies.
**[https://es.openfoodfacts.org/ingredients?stats=1 Unknown ingredients] went from 23% to 18% in the last 10 days!
**[https://es.openfoodfacts.org/ingredients?stats=1 Unknown ingredients] went from 23% to 18% in the last 10 days!
*2020-06-04 - ''New feature'': a histogram is now automatically displayed when [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/category/snacks/nova-groups exploring products by NOVA groups]
* 2020-06-04 - ''New feature'': a histogram is now automatically displayed when [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/category/snacks/nova-groups exploring products by NOVA groups]
*2020-06-04 - ''Documentation'': a wiki page has been added to better document the [[ODBL License]], with also suggestions to report and process [[ODBL non-compliance]]
* 2020-06-04 - ''Documentation'': a wiki page has been added to better document the [[ODBL License]], with also suggestions to report and process [[ODBL non-compliance]]
*2020-06-04 - ''Packager codes'': Jussi has loaded the packager codes for Estonia, so we can now see the [https://ee-en.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?action=process&sort_by=unique_scans_n&page_size=20&axis_x=energy-kj&axis_y=products_n&generate_map=1 Estonian production places and the corresponding products on a map].
* 2020-06-04 - ''Packager codes'': Jussi has loaded the packager codes for Estonia, so we can now see the [https://ee-en.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?action=process&sort_by=unique_scans_n&page_size=20&axis_x=energy-kj&axis_y=products_n&generate_map=1 Estonian production places and the corresponding products on a map].
*2020-06-02 - ''Ingredient translations'': Acuario has made a great effort to identify more ingredients in spanish, which means better information for vegans, vegetarians, etc.
* 2020-06-02 - ''Ingredient translations'': Acuario has made a great effort to identify more ingredients in spanish, which means better information for vegans, vegetarians, etc.
*2020-06-01 - ''Strange languages'': Aleene has finished his big cleaning the "unknow-language" category and others.
* 2020-06-01 - ''Strange languages'': Aleene has finished his big cleaning the "unknow-language" category and others.


==2020-05==
==2020-05==
*2020-05-30 - ''Development'': Areesha has started to "templatize" the Perl backend of Open Food Facts to separate the HTML from the code and make it easier to designers who are not familiar with Perl to improve the website design.
* 2020-05-30 - ''Development'': Areesha has started to "templatize" the Perl backend of Open Food Facts to separate the HTML from the code and make it easier to designers who are not familiar with Perl to improve the website design.
**Feedback welcome: Areesha filed the [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/pull/3503 first PR for the Nutri-Score details template.]
**Feedback welcome: Areesha filed the [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/pull/3503 first PR for the Nutri-Score details template.]
*2020-05-29 - ''Communication'': New blog post [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/a-great-thank-you-to-the-mozilla-and-the-ford-foundation-for-their-support-to-the-new-open-food-facts-app A great thank you to the Mozilla and the Ford Foundation for their support to the new Open Food Facts app]
* 2020-05-29 - ''Communication'': New blog post [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/a-great-thank-you-to-the-mozilla-and-the-ford-foundation-for-their-support-to-the-new-open-food-facts-app A great thank you to the Mozilla and the Ford Foundation for their support to the new Open Food Facts app]
*2020-05-29 - ''Data imports'': Galliance, a French manufacturer, used the Open Food Facts Platform for Producers to publish [https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/editeur/org-pere-dodu data and photos for their products of the Père Dodu brand].
* 2020-05-29 - ''Data imports'': Galliance, a French manufacturer, used the Open Food Facts Platform for Producers to publish [https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/editeur/org-pere-dodu data and photos for their products of the Père Dodu brand].
*2020-05-26 - ''Data imports'': We now have beautiful photos for [https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/editeur/org-ethiquable Ethiquable products] in France, uploaded through the Producers Platform by Christophe of MyLabel
* 2020-05-26 - ''Data imports'': We now have beautiful photos for [https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/editeur/org-ethiquable Ethiquable products] in France, uploaded through the Producers Platform by Christophe of MyLabel
*2020-05-25 - ''Translations'': The Korean translations are progressing at a very fast pace, both for the apps and website, thanks to the hard work of 최은영 and Minjeong Lee over the past few days.
* 2020-05-25 - ''Translations'': The Korean translations are progressing at a very fast pace, both for the apps and website, thanks to the hard work of 최은영 and Minjeong Lee over the past few days.
**You can help for your language at https://translate.openfoodfacts.org/
** You can help for your language at https://translate.openfoodfacts.org/
*2020-05-25 - ''Development'': We published the first draft [[Server-side product indexing and search - Functional Specs|functional specs for the new search API]] for the [[Project:Personalized_Search]] project.
* 2020-05-25 - ''Development'': We published the first draft [[Server-side product indexing and search - Functional Specs|functional specs for the new search API]] for the [[Project:Personalized_Search]] project.
**Feedback welcome! (on the talk page, or #personal-search channel on Slack)
** Feedback welcome! (on the talk page, or #personal-search channel on Slack)
*2020-05-25 - ''Funding'': [[User:Teolemon|Pierre Slamich]] sent the application for Open Food Facts to join [https://github.com/sponsors GitHub Sponsors]
* 2020-05-25 - ''Funding'': [[User:Teolemon|Pierre Slamich]] sent the application for Open Food Facts to join [https://github.com/sponsors GitHub Sponsors]
*2020-05-24 - ''R&D'': Primaël Quémerais is testing an '''asynchronous scanner''', able to [https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T02KVRT1Q-F013RSCP1EK/download/svid_20200524_181157_1.mp4 scan 5 products simultaneously].
* 2020-05-24 - ''R&D'': Primaël Quémerais is testing an '''asynchronous scanner''', able to [https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T02KVRT1Q-F013RSCP1EK/download/svid_20200524_181157_1.mp4 scan 5 products simultaneously].
*2020-05-20 - ''[[Project:Personalized_Search|Personalized Search project]]'': [[User:Stephane|Stéphane Gigandet]] has published a [[Ingredients analysis and search features extraction|detailed report]] related to first part of this NLNet funded project: Ingredients analysis and search features extraction.
* 2020-05-20 - ''[[Project:Personalized_Search|Personalized Search project]]'': [[User:Stephane|Stéphane Gigandet]] has published a [[Ingredients analysis and search features extraction|detailed report]] related to first part of this NLNet funded project: Ingredients analysis and search features extraction.
* 2020-05-19 - ''Data quality'': [[User:Stephane|Stéphane Gigandet]] has published a '''[[Ingredients_Analysis_Quality_Evaluation_-_March_2020_-_May_2020|progress report for ingredients analysis]]'''. 9 languages analyzed: Open Food Facts now recognize more than 80% ingredients for the majority of them (average of +2 points since march)! Congrats for the Finnish team, reaching more than 91%.
* 2020-05-19 - ''Data quality'': [[User:Stephane|Stéphane Gigandet]] has published a '''[[Ingredients_Analysis_Quality_Evaluation_-_March_2020_-_May_2020|progress report for ingredients analysis]]'''. 9 languages analyzed: Open Food Facts now recognize more than 80% ingredients for the majority of them (average of +2 points since march)! Congrats for the Finnish team, reaching more than 91%.
*2020-05-18 - ''Team'': Areesha Tariq joined as an Outreachy intern sponsored by The Perl Fundation to work on [[Project:Outreachy 2020 Perl code quality|improving the code quality of the Open Food Facts backend]] (written in Perl), and in particular to add a templating system to better separate the presentation (HTML, JS and CSS) from the code.
* 2020-05-18 - ''Team'': Areesha Tariq joined as an Outreachy intern sponsored by The Perl Fundation to work on [[Project:Outreachy 2020 Perl code quality|improving the code quality of the Open Food Facts backend]] (written in Perl), and in particular to add a templating system to better separate the presentation (HTML, JS and CSS) from the code.
*2020-05-04 - ''Third party apps'': [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/power-user-script/ Power User Script] official new version (2020-05-04T10:39) -- Nutrition facts picture now takes all the place available.
* 2020-05-04 - ''Third party apps'': [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/power-user-script/ Power User Script] official new version (2020-05-04T10:39) -- Nutrition facts picture now takes all the place available.


==2020-04==
==2020-04==
*2020-04-29 - ''Wiki'': We just migrated and updated current wikis on a new server. French and english wikis are now merged in a unique wiki.
* 2020-04-29 - ''Wiki'': We just migrated and updated current wikis on a new server. French and english wikis are now merged in a unique wiki.
*2020-04-27 - ''Data import'': We just got data for 140 products from Iglo, loaded through the new platform for producers: https://de.openfoodfacts.org/datenquelle/producer-iglo
* 2020-04-27 - ''Data import'': We just got data for 140 products from Iglo, loaded through the new platform for producers: https://de.openfoodfacts.org/datenquelle/producer-iglo
*2020-04-23 - ''Data import'': We imported more than 130,000 new products from the USDA database.
* 2020-04-23 - ''Data import'': We imported more than 130,000 new products from the USDA database.
*2020-04-23 - ''Local communities'': Italy has passed [https://it.openfoodfacts.org/ 10,000 products]. Bravo a tutti!
* 2020-04-23 - ''Local communities'': Italy has passed [https://it.openfoodfacts.org/ 10,000 products]. Bravo a tutti!
*2020-04-01 - ''Special operations'': Operation ''ingredienti'' launch. It's dealing with products which ingredients are wrongly stored as french while italian.
* 2020-04-01 - ''Special operations'': Operation ''ingredienti'' launch. It's dealing with products which ingredients are wrongly stored as french while italian.


==2020-03==
==2020-03==
*2020-03-30 - ''Local communities'': Germany has now got more than 50,000 products. Danke schön!
* 2020-03-30 - ''Local communities'': Germany has now got more than 50,000 products. Danke schön!
*2020-03-25 - ''Special operations'': Operation ''zutaten'' launch. It's dealing with products which ingredients are wrongly stored as french while german.
* 2020-03-25 - ''Special operations'': Operation ''zutaten'' launch. It's dealing with products which ingredients are wrongly stored as french while german.
 
== Even older news ==
* [[Bazaar|The Bazaar]]


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* 2020-10-04 - Design - @Adam J has posted an interesting home page redesign to be discussed. Just have a look.
* 2020-10-04 - Design - @Adam J has posted an interesting home page redesign to be discussed. Just have a look.
*2020-10-03 - Products - @ggozlan with his app Foodbowel took thousands pics of kosher products in Paris. Thanks to @Seb, it's now online and help is needed to complete the data!
* 2020-10-03 - Products - @ggozlan with his app Foodbowel took thousands pics of kosher products in Paris. Thanks to @Seb, it's now online and help is needed to complete the data!


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