Anthonomus Eugenii: EU Candidate Priority Pest Report and Datasheet

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) produced a pest report and datasheet for Anthonomus eugenii as part of a technical assistance mandate from the European Commission. The work supports ranking 28 candidate pests under EU plant health regulations. EFSA acknowledges contributions from Antoon Loomans and Antonio Biondi to the expert knowledge elicitation and review by Josep Anton Jaques Miret.

Use Cases

• Ranking pest priority based on information in the EFSA datasheet and report.
• Assessing agricultural risk for candidate quarantine pests under EU Regulation 2016/2031.
• Supporting plant protection policy with technical data from expert knowledge elicitation.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
• Part of a structured output covering 28 candidate pests for EU priority ranking.
• Includes both a detailed pest report and a supporting datasheet.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Collection Method

Produced under European Commission mandate M-2017-0056, involving expert knowledge elicitation and review.

Geography

European Union