EFSA Pest Reports and Datasheets for 28 Candidate Priority Pests

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) produced 28 datasheets and 28 supporting pest reports for candidate priority pests under European Commission mandate M-2017-0056. The outputs include a methodology report and technical assistance for ranking pests under Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. EFSA acknowledges contributions from Anna Maria Vettraino and reviewer Christer Magnusson.

Use Cases

• Ranking plant pest risks based on structured datasheets mentioned in the description
• Supporting regulatory decisions under EU plant health legislation based on technical reports
• Analyzing pest biology and pathways for candidate priority pests as described in the pest reports

Strengths

• Includes 28 structured datasheets, one for each candidate pest
• Includes 28 supporting pest reports, providing detailed context for each datasheet
• Produced under an official European Commission mandate (M-2017-0056) by EFSA

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 technical assistance mandate from the European Commission, involving expert knowledge elicitation and review.

Geography

European Union