Data collection: zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and food-borne

Deadlines for 2025 data reporting and validation

The milestones of 2025 data reporting as agreed during the Zoonoses Network meeting:

  1. 15 April 2026

    Opening of the reporting period

  2. 31 May 2026 (legal deadline)

    Closure of the reporting period

    EU Summary tables will be displayed in MicroStrategy reports; any change in data during the data reporting and correction periods will be displayed automatically in the EU summary reports in MicroStrategy the day following a dataset submission.

    Submission of new datasets after the deadline will not be allowed; Text forms should be reported by the legal deadline.

  3. 2 – 26 June 2026

    Scientific data validation period

  4. 26 June 2026

    Letters requesting scientific clarifications and/or amendments (if needed) sent to the MSs

  5. 2 – 22 July 2026

    Data correction by MSs

  6. By 26 July 2026

    Acceptance of data in the Scientific Datawarehouse (DWH)

  7. 26 July 2026

    EFSA validates the final submitted and corrected data (against several criteria)

    EFSA validates the final submitted and corrected data (against several criteria). After 26 July 2026, data cannot be changed, as data extracted on this date will be used to draft the 2025 EUOHZ. Erroneous data (e.g. combination of matrix/pathogen) will not be included in the analysis.

  8. 1 - 26 February 2027

    Data amendments (for 2026 and historical data)

Guidelines for reporting data on zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and food-borne

Reporting tools

The catalogues extracted in the Excel format

Dashboards and story maps

Foodborne outbreaks

Prevalence The proportion of a population found to have a condition

Antimicrobial resistance

Whole genome sequencing