EFSA Pest Reports and Datasheets for EU Priority Pest Ranking

Twenty-eight pest datasheets and supporting reports were produced by the European Food Safety Authority under a European Commission mandate. The documents provide structured information to support the ranking of quarantine pests as candidate priority pests under EU plant health regulations. The dataset includes a methodology report and technical assessments for each pest, such as Ralstonia solanacearum.

Use Cases

• Ranking quarantine pests for regulatory priority based on structured datasheet criteria.
• Conducting pest risk analysis using the standardized methodology report.
• Studying the biology and impact of specific pathogens like Ralstonia solanacearum in a regulatory context.
• Informing EU plant health policy and protective measures under Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

Strengths

• Produced under an official European Commission mandate (M-2017-0056), ensuring authoritative provenance.
• 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.

Limitations

• Key structural metadata is missing from all platform entries, including column names, row counts, and file formats.
• The last update date is unknown, limiting assessment of data freshness.
• The dataset's primary content is described as textual reports and datasheets, which may limit quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Collection Method

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

Geography

European Union