EFSA Sample-Based Prevalence Data Reporting Guidance

Two Excel files and one XML file from the European Food Safety Authority provide guidance for reporting sample-based prevalence data. The files help map terms from the ZOO_CAT_MATRIX catalogue to FoodEx2 codes and offer examples for reporting and aggregating data. This supporting publication aids countries in submitting data to the EFSA Data Collection Framework.

Use Cases

• Mapping veterinary and food terms to standardized codes based on the described ZOO_CAT_MATRIX and FoodEx2 systems.
• Understanding the structure for reporting prevalence data using the described SSD2 format.
• Preparing data for upload to the EFSA Data Collection Framework based on the provided XML example.

Strengths

• Includes concrete examples for data reporting and aggregation as described.
• Produced by the authoritative European Food Safety Authority.
• Covers multiple file formats (Excel and XML) for different use cases.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

European Food Safety Authority

Collection Method

Created as guidance documentation for data reporting.

Geography

European Union (implied by EFSA's remit)