EFSA Pest Reports and Datasheets for 28 Candidate Priority Pests

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) produced 28 pest datasheets and 28 supporting pest reports under a European Commission mandate. The outputs are part of a technical assistance request for ranking quarantine pests under Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. The work acknowledges contributions from specific experts and includes a methodology report.

Use Cases

• Ranking quarantine pests based on criteria defined in the EU regulation.
• Supporting phytosanitary policy decisions with structured pest reports.
• Conducting comparative risk analysis across 28 candidate pest species.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
• Covers 28 distinct candidate pest species.
• Includes both a datasheet and a supporting report for each pest.

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 for technical assistance.

Geography

European Union