EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/179 of 31 January 2025 on the collection and transmission of molecular analytical data within the frame of epidemiological investigations of food-borne outbreaks in accordance with Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and the Council. The key text of the regulation includes: “The competent authority responsible for the investigation of food-borne outbreaks pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2003/99/EC shall collect, without undue delay, isolates of Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, where those pathogens are associated or suspected to be associated with a food-borne outbreak, based on the available analytical or epidemiological information”. “The competent authority shall carry out WGS on at least one isolate of each serovar, biotype or molecular type of the collected isolates.” The isolates shall be transmitted, upon request to the Authority, the results of the WGS carried out on the isolates of the food pathogens. The regulation shall apply from 23 August 2026. @ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/179/oj/eng
