📊 Have you had a chance to explore our data on pesticide residues in food? Our interactive tool brings together results from EU monitoring, national checks and import controls. Take a look: ➡️ link.europa.eu/WNM6GQ #FoodSafety #Pesticides #EUData

The Habitats Directive is not red tape: it is one of Europe's greatest environmental achievements. Today is the last day for providing comments within the public consultation launched by the European Commission bit.ly/4fGpK04

The discussions continue beyond the conference. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝑿𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒂. Recordings, presentations and abstract book are now available on the conference webpage: 🔗 link.europa.eu/Gqvcxj #Xylella #PlantHealth

5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa: science drives progress towards sustainable management

The 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa concluded today in Mola di Bari, Italy, confirming that research on one of the world's most damaging plant pathogens has reached a new level of maturi...

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Change starts with sharing. Sharing useful information backed by data is really valuable. But sharing responsible gardening tips with your friends or neighbours? That’s how plant pests actually get stopped. 🔗www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plh4l/res...

Two beetles. Both hitchhiking on clothing, luggage and vehicles. Popillia japonica: already detected in few EU countries. Agrilus planipennis: just detected in the EU for the first time. Check before you leave: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plh4l/tra... #PlantHealth4Life

🧪 Concerned about the combined effects of multiple pesticides? Our experts have been assessing the impact of pesticide mixtures on human health for several years. So far, our assessments have not identified health risks at levels below EU limits. 🔗 Learn more: link.europa.eu/gwQ8Qc #Pesticides

🚀 Ready to lead the future of food safety in Europe? We're recruiting two Heads of Risk Assessment Departments to shape scientific excellence across food, feed, plants, animals and pesticides. ⬇️ Learn more and apply: link.europa.eu/C3DMBM ⏰24 Aug 2026 #EUCareers #FoodSafety

🌱Could we grow food without pesticides? Why are they used, what risks do they pose, & what alternatives are emerging? In the latest #ScienceOnTheMenu🎙️, EFSA expert Tobin Robinson explores the science behind one of agriculture's biggest debates. 🎧 Listen now: link.europa.eu/v9ttrB #Pesticides

Update on Xylella spp. host plants (Jul–Dec 2025) 27 new hosts incl. Fragaria x ananassa, Punica granatum Now: • 471 confirmed species (category A) from 213 different plant genera/ or 72 different botanical families • 880 tolerance/resistance records Full report: bit.ly/4oR4jO6 #EFSA #Xylella

🌿 Field visit in Salento: 5th European Conference on #Xylella fastidiosa ended in the olive groves where it began. Honoured by the presence of Helen Mirren, passionate ambassador of the charity Save the Olives. New resistant varieties, regenerated landscapes, recovery on the ground. #PlantHealth

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference is live: shorturl.at/4QtPd Follow online the chairs from all 8 session sharing the key takeaways from sessions they chaired highlting the end of the 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference

Follow online shorturl.at/4QtPd Biagio Di Terlizzi(Director,CIHEAM Bari) Salvatore Infantino(Head of Regional Plant Health Service,Puglia Region,IT)& Francesco Di Serio(IPSP CNR,IT) introducing the 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference side events: Round Table of Phtosanitary services and field visits.

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference closing Session continues with Michele Librandi from Copa- Cogeca (BE) addressing the ‘Feedback from stakeholders: European farmers and European Agri-Ecooperatives association Copa-Cogeca’

@efsa.europa.eu 5th conference of Xylella fastidiosa Closing Session is live and ongoing shorturl.at/4QtPd Follow online Josep M. Pagès from the European Nurserystock Association (ENA) (BE) giving a presentation about the ‘Feedback from stakeholders: European Nurserystock Association (ENA)’

@efsa.europa.eu Closing Session of the 5th Xylella fastidiosa continues with Matteo Crotta from the European Food Safety Authority giving a talk about ‘Updating the pest risk assessment of Xylella fastidiosa for the EU territory: achievements and next steps’

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference closing Session presentations are ongoing. Follow online Sarah Brunel from FAO IPPC giving a presentation about ‘Enhancing Global Plant Health Preparedness for Xylella fastidiosa and Emerging Pests: IPPC Tools in Action’ shorturl.at/4QtPd

The 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference is coming to an end Follow us live shorturl.at/4QtPd for the closing Session opened by the talk of Karin Nienstedt from the European Commission, Directorate-General for Health & Food Safety giving a talk about ‘Regulatory status of Xylella fastidiosa in the EU’

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference is live: shorturl.at/4QtPd Session 8: Pierce’s disease of grapevines chaired by Boris Vinatzer from Virginia Tech (US) and Claude Bragard from UC Louvain (BE) Follow the pitch talks and the discussion.

5th Xylella fastidiosa conference @efsa.europa.eu Session 8 live shorturl.at/4QtPd and is ongoing with a talk about ‘Climate-driven risk assessment of Xylella fastidiosa diseases: mechanistic modelling across scales’ by Alex Giménez Romero from CEAB & IFISC CSIC (ES)

@efsa.europa.eu Session 8 of the 5th Xylella fastidiosa continues with the presentation titled ‘Effective cover crop management in vineyards reduces the abundance of Philaenus spumarius, the main European vector of Xylella fastidiosa’ by Clara Lago from IFISC-CSIC-UIB (ES)

Jingjing Yang (UC Louvain, BE) a rewarded Young Researchers initiative addressing the ‘Hidden reservoirs of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex: prevalence in wild hosts surrounding grapevine regions in the eastern USA’ at the 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference @efsa.europa.eu

Session 8 of the 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference is ongoing with the presentations such as ‘Insights and prospects from the Apulian outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa in table grapes’ presented by Serafina Serena Amoia from IPSP CNR (IT) @efsa.europa.eu

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference Session 8 is live shorturl.at/GS2cX : Follow online Andrea Brown from UC Berkeley (US) a rewarded Young Researchers initiative presenting ‘Pre-winter pathogen load and cold exposure impact overwinter recovery from Pierce's Disease of grapevine’

Miguel Román Écija from IAS CSIC (ES) a rewarded Young Researchers initiative presenting ‘Impact of simulated climate change conditions on Xylella fastidiosa–grapevine interactions’ on the Session 8 of the 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference @efsa.europa.eu

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference Session 8: Pierce’s disease of grapevines is live! shorturl.at/GS2cX with a key note from Rodrigo Almeida (UC Berkeley, US) addressing ‘Pierce's disease of grapevines: climate, diversity, and novel risks’

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference Session 7 is ongoing with Gianvito Ragone from the Regional Plant Health Service, Puglia Region (IT) addressing ‘Integrated surveillance and phytosanitary measures against Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa ST1, experience of the Apulia region’

5th Xylella fastidiosa conference Session 7 @efsa.europa.eu is ongoing: 'Evolution and consequences of nine years of application of phytosanitary measures to control Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex outbreak in Alicante’ by of Vicente Dalmau Sorlì (Regional Government of Valencia,ES)

Session 7 of the 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference continues with a presentation titled ‘Twelve years of models of Xylella fastidiosa epidemics in Europe: lessons learnt’ by Anna Simonetto, University of Brescia (IT) @efsa.europa.eu

@efsa.europa.eu 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference Session 7 is live shorturl.at/GS2cX : Follow online François d'Alayer from INRAE, BioSP (FR) a rewarded Young Researchers initiative presenting ‘Adapting surveillance design to outbreak characteristics: a dynamic framework’

The 5th Xylella fastidiosa conference Session 7 is ongoing with the presentation titled ‘Enhancing Xylella fastidiosa spread modelling and surveillance optimisation through remote sensing’ by Rocio Calderon Madrid from IAS CSIC (ES) @efsa.europa.eu