The European Commission (DG SANTE) requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (EFSA mandate M‐2017‐00137), to support and assist the EU Member States (MSs) in the preparation and design of plant pest surveys. The MSs selected Phyllosticta citrica ...
The European Commission (DG SANTE) requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (EFSA mandate M‐2017‐00137), to support and assist the EU Member States (MSs) in the preparation and design of plant pest surveys. The MSs selected Agrilusplanipennis a ...
In December 2013, EFSA received a first mandate from the European Commission DG SANTE to gather information on the pests of apple fruit (Malus domestica) in the EU territory (M‐2014‐0016). To satisfy the mandate, EFSA developed an overall approach to syst ...
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to create and regularly update a database of host plant species of Xylella spp. In 2018, EFSA released a new Xylella spp. host plant database that was now updated with informative data extra ...
In 2019, no lumpy skin disease (LSD) outbreaks were reported in South‐Eastern Europe, the mass vaccination regional campaign with homologous LSD vaccine continued for the fourth year with over 1.8 million bovines vaccinated in the region, preventing furth ...
An expert meeting, held in 2019, was organised between EFSA and FAO with the objective to discuss the integration of a wildlife compartment in the current EuFMDis model. Experts in the field of mathematical modelling, animal disease spread models, virolog ...
This report provides an update of the epidemiology of African swine fever (ASF) in the European Union during the period November 2018 to October 2019. In this period, ASF has been confirmed in Slovakia, whereas Czechia became officially ASF‐free in March ...
The epidemics of lumpy skin disease in EU has been controlled mainly thanks to the coordinated control measures, taken in the Balkan region, based above all on regional vaccination campaign. Since before the epidemics EFSA has been performing risk assessm ...
The most significant knowledge gaps in the prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) were identified by the EU Veterinary services and other stakeholders involved in pig production and wild boar management through an online survey. The responden ...
In agreement with Article 6(2) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants, the European Commission has been tasked by the Council and European Parliament to establish a list of Union quarantine pests which qualify as p ...