Table 1.

Categorisation of data used in EUSR 2017 (adapted from Boelaert et al., 2016)

Category	Type of analyses	Type/comparability between MS	Examples
I	Descriptive summaries at national level and EU levelEU trend watching (trend monitoring) Spatial and temporal trends analyses at the EU level	Programmed harmonised monitoring or surveillance Comparable between MS; results at EU level are interpretable	Salmonella national control programmes in poultry; bovine tuberculosis; bovine and small ruminant brucellosis; Trichinella in pigs at slaughterhouse; Echinococcus granulosus at slaughterhouse
II	Descriptive summaries at national level and EU levelEU trend watching (trend monitoring) No trend analysis at the EU level	Not fully harmonised monitoring or surveillanceNot fully comparable between MS; caution needed when interpreting results at the EU level	Food‐borne outbreak data. Monitoring of compliance with process hygiene and food safety criteria for L. monocytogenes, Salmonella and E. coli according Reg. No. 2073/2005. Monitoring of Rabies
III	Descriptive summaries at national level and EU levelNo EU trend watching (trend monitoring) No trend analysis at the EU level	Non‐harmonised monitoring or surveillance data with no (harmonised) reporting requirements Not comparable between MS; extreme caution needed when interpreting results at the EU level	Campylobacter; Yersinia; Q‐fever; Francisella tularensis; West Nile virus; Taenia spp.; other zoonoses; Toxoplasma