This report of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Advisory Group on Data presents the results of the group’s activities in 2024. The mission of the group is to identify and launch projects solving the most pressing pain points of Member States and bringing benefits to the European food safety systems data and risk assessment community. In 2024, the Advisory Group reorganised its subgroups’ structure to ensure that all relevant topics could be progressed in an optimised way. In October 2024, the EFSA Symposium on Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence took place in Parma, Italy. This was the first event planned by the Advisory Group on Data, bringing together renowned experts in the fields of AI. Also in attendance were members of the Advisory Group on Data subgroups, EFSA Advisory Forum members, EFSA Scientific Data networks members, EFSA’s Focal Points and experts involved in Focal Point tailor‐made activities on data.
