Other useful resources for food nomenclature and terminology, food descriptors, food classification and food identification.

These sites contain scientific names, cultivar/variety/breed names, common names, legal names for trade purposes, photographs, drawings, and other useful information for food composition purposes.

• Plants: HORTIVAR
  Prepared by FAO

• Plants
  Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture

• Plants and animals
  Prepared by Species 2000

• Fish
  Prepared by Native Fish Australia Incorporated
  

• Fish
  Prepared by U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Seafood Products Research Center
  

The following are full-text papers on the subject of food nomenclature, terminology and classification.

• Review of International Food Classification and Description.
  Full reference: Ireland, J.D. and Moeller, A. (2000). Review of International Food Classification and Description. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 13, 529-538.

• Food Nomenclature and Terminology: Standards and Harmonisation for Food Composition Databases and Food Trade.
  Full reference: Burlingame, B.A. (1998). Food Nomenclature and Terminology: Standards and Harmonisation for Food Composition Databases and Food Trade. In D W Fitzpatrick, J E Anderson, M L L’Abbe (Eds.) 16th International Congress of Nutrition Proceedings “From Nutritional Science to Nutrition Practice for Better Global Health”. (Montreal), pp 304-307. Canadian Federation of Biological Societies.

• Food Classification and Terminology Systems
  Full reference: Pennington, J.A.T. (1995). Food Classification and Terminology Systems. In H. Greenfield (Ed.), Quality and accessibility of food-related data (1st ed., Vol. 1). Arlington: AOAC International.

• Food data: Numbers, words and images.
  Full reference: Burlingame, B.A.; Cook, F.M.; Duxfield, G.M.; Milligan, G.C. (1995). Food data: Numbers, words and images. In H. Greenfield (Ed.), Quality and accessibility of food-related data (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 175-182). Arlington: AOAC International.