EFSA Xylella fastidiosa Pest Report and Datasheet for EU Priority Pest Ranking

Two files from a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) technical assistance mandate for the European Commission. The outputs include a methodology report, 28 datasheets, and 28 pest reports for candidate quarantine pests. The contribution of several experts to the expert knowledge elicitation and review process is acknowledged.

Use Cases

• Ranking plant pests for regulatory priority based on the described methodology.
• Supporting phytosanitary risk assessments with structured pest reports.
• Informing EU policy on protective measures against plant pests.

Strengths

• Produced by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) under an official EU mandate.
• Covers 28 candidate quarantine pests with dedicated datasheets and reports.

Limitations

• 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 (EFSA)

Collection Method

Technical assistance outputs produced under European Commission mandate M-2017-0056.

Geography

European Union