So here I’m specifically thinking of Fleury Michon which apparently has a process to bulk import their nutritional information daily. See for instance the changelog for their “Rougail Saucisses” product :
That they import data would be fine. But it does not match the nutritional table printed on the packaging. So either they put incorrect data in the OpenFoodFacts database, or they put incorrect information on the packaging which would be false advertising and maybe worse. At least it’s not big discrepancies, and it does not even impact the Nutriscore.
Also, it looks like they create a ‘commit’ even if they have nothing to change. This pollutes the product changelog and presumably wastes space in the database. Just look like at that product’s changelog: it has 561 entries, 465 of which are by the fleury-michon user!
It’s also not a single product but rather a relatively large subset of their lineup:
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Le Filet de Poulet et ses Pommes de Terre à la Sarladaise
Le Filet de Poulet et ses Pommes de Terre à la Sarladaise - Fleury Michon - 300 g- Fat 6.6 g instead 6.5 g
- Saturated fat 1.8 g instead 1.9 g
- Proteins 10 g instead of 9.9 g
- Salt 0.79 g instead of 0.78 g
And 205 fleury-michon commits out of 322.
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Filet de Saumon Purée de Brocolis
Filet de Saumon Purée de Brocolis - Fleury Michon - 300 g- Fat 4.8 g instead of 5.1 g
- Glucides 11 g instead of 10 g
- Sugar 2.5 g instead of 2.4 g
- Proteins 7.4 g instead of 4.1 g
- Salt 0.67 g instead of 0.66 g
- Fruits, nuts, etc : 17 % but not listed on the packaging
And 730 fleury-michon commits out of 891.
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Parmentier de Poisson à la Ciboulette
Le Filet de Poulet et ses Pommes de Terre à la Sarladaise - Fleury Michon - 300 g- Saturated fat : 2.8 g instead of 1.9 g
- Glucides 13 g instead of 11 g
- Sugar 2.6 g instead of 1.7 g
- Fibers 1 g instead of 1.1 g
- Salt 0.61 g instead of 0.65 g
And 504 fleury-michon commits out of 615.
Note that the insane number of commits issue does not happen across their whole lineup. For instance there is no issue with “Le Saumon à l’Oseille” (3302740003837, not a single fleury-michon commit) and “Les Ravioles du Dauphiné” (same, no fleury-michon commit).
So does anyone know which data source is correct: flauery-michon’s imports to OpenFoodFacts or what’s written on the packaging?
If the data imported by fleury-michon is correct and the nutritional table on the product is wrong, what should go into the OpenFoodFacts database? Is it okay for OpenFoodFacts to not match what the packaging says?
Is it acceptable for bots to create hundreds of empty commits?
More generally, what’s to prevent a producer from using a bot to overwrite any information they don’t like?
I also find it pretty ironic that I have no trouble editing the Fleury Michon products when for other products my edits are silently dropped by OpenFoodFacts. It feels like I am only allowed to edit products if my contributions will be overwritten within 24 hours.