TABLE 8.
Summary of Salmonella statistics relating to humans, major food categories and the main animal species, EU, 2018–2022.
| 2022 a | 2021 a | 2020 | 2019 b | 2018 b | Data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | ||||||
| Total number of confirmed cases | 65,208 | 60,169 | 52,690 | 87,907 | 91,858 | ECDC |
| Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rate) | 15.3 | 15.3 | 12.1 | 17.5 | 17.6 | ECDC |
| Number of reporting MSs | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired in the EU | 40,643 | 43,720 | 38,247 | 58,157 | 59,763 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired outside the EU | 3219 | 925 | 973 | 6343 | 6376 | ECDC |
| Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection | 21,346 | 15,524 | 13,470 | 23,407 | 25,719 | ECDC |
| Number of outbreak‐related cases | 6632 | 6755 | 3686 | 10,240 | 11,631 | EFSA |
| T otal number of outbreaks | 1014 | 773 | 694 | 1284 | 1588 | EFSA |
| Food c | ||||||
| Meat and meat products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 951,590 | 977,446 | 557,341 | 552,590 | 433,197 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 28 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 28 | EFSA |
| Milk and milk products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 68,740 | 43,907 | 38,492 | 46,797 | 44,078 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | EFSA |
| Fish and fishery products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 22,797 | 14,882 | 16,486 | 13,974 | 17,075 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 22 | EFSA |
| Eggs and egg products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 19,105 | 14,696 | 11,579 | 12,093 | 10,611 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 22 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | EFSA |
| Fruits and vegetables (and juices) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 16,920 | 12,485 | 17,222 | 17,068 | 10,889 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | EFSA |
| Animals d | ||||||
| Gallus gallus (chickens) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 742,299 | 812,238 | 620,141 | 752,172 | 720,717 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 28 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27 | EFSA |
| Turkeys | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 65,637 | 70,869 | 63,473 | 65,950 | 68,009 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 26 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | EFSA |
| Ducks and geese | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 1187 | 3751 | 412 | 8700 | 9846 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | EFSA |
| Pigs | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 15,283 | 16,689 | 17,234 | 18,619 | 17,868 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 15 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 14 | EFSA |
| Cattle (bovine animals) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 22,904 | 26,061 | 28,363 | 86,871 | 30,302 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | EFSA |
Abbreviations: ECDC, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EFSA, European Food Safety Authority; MSs, Member States.
For the 2021–2022 period, data on food and animal samples from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) were taken into account. In accordance with the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, and in particular with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the EU requirements on data sampling are also applicable to Northern Ireland.
Data from the United Kingdom were taken into account for the 2018–2019 period, since the United Kingdom was still an EU MS at that time. However, on 1 February 2020 it became a third country.
The number of sampling units was obtained by totalling all sampling units (single, batch, slaughter batch), sampling stages (automatic distribution system for raw milk, border control posts, canteen or workplace catering, catering, cold storage, conservation facilities, cutting plant, distribution: wholesale and retail sale, farm, feed mill, game handling establishment, hatchery, hospital or medical care facility, household, hunting, manufacturing, mobile retailer or market/street vendor, packing centre, primary production, processing plant, restaurant or cafe or pub or bar or hotel or catering service, retail, road transport, school or kindergarten, slaughterhouse, storage, takeaway or fast‐food outlet, temporary mass catering (fairs or festivals), unspecified and wholesale), sampling strategies (objective sampling, census, convenience sampling, selective sampling, suspect sampling and unspecified) and samplers (official sampling, HACCP and own check, industry sampling, official, based on Regulation (EU) 2019/627 and private sampling).
The number of sampling units was obtained by totalling all sampling units (single animals, slaughter animal batches, holdings and herds or flocks), sampling stages at primary production (backyard, border control posts, conservation facilities, farm, hatchery, household, hunting, natural habitat, official kennel, processing plant, retail, slaughterhouse, unspecified, veterinary activities, veterinary clinics, wildlife research station and zoo), sampling strategies (census, convenience sampling, objective sampling, selective sampling, suspect sampling and unspecified) and samplers (HACCP and own check, industry sampling, not applicable, official and industry sampling, official sampling and private sampling).