31/01/2023 (Agence Europe) – The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on 30 January published a technical report to guide EU Member States and third countries in the transmission of 2022 data on zoonoses, food-borne outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance in XML using the application it has created (Data Collection Framework - DCF). In particular, this transmission is required under Directive 2003/99/EC on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls. This guide explains in detail the individual data elements that are included in the EFSA data models to be used. This includes information about the data type, a reference to the list of allowed terms and any additional business rule or requirement that may apply. See the report: https://aeur.eu/f/54z (AN)