EFSA Priority Pest Datasheets and Reports

EFSA produced 28 pest datasheets and 28 supporting reports under European Commission mandate M-2017-0056. This collection supports the ranking of quarantine pests as candidate priority pests under EU plant health regulation. The outputs include a methodology report and detailed assessments for pests like the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica).

Use Cases

• Ranking quarantine pests based on datasheet criteria for EU regulatory listing.
• Conducting pest risk assessments using the standardized methodology report.
• Studying the biology and potential impact of specific pests like Popillia japonica.
• Informing plant quarantine measures and protective policy development.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) under a formal commission mandate.
• Includes a complete set of 28 pest-specific datasheets and 28 supporting reports, providing structured coverage.
• Released under an Open Access (green) license, facilitating reuse for policy and research.

Limitations

• Column names and data structure are not specified in the available metadata, limiting understanding of the internal format.
• Key metadata such as row counts, file size, and last update dates are consistently missing across all platform entries.
• The dataset's creation is tied to a specific 2017 mandate, which may affect the recency of the pest list and risk assessments.

Provenance

Source

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Collection Method

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

Geography

European Union