TABLE 11.
Comparisons of proportions (%) of Salmonella‐positive single samples from pig carcases after dressing, but before chilling, by sampler and reporting MS, EU, 2022.
| Country | Competent authority (CA) | Food business operator (FBOp) | p‐value a | Interpretation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Tested samples | N (%) positive samples | CI95 | N Tested samples | N (%) positive samples | CI95 | |||
| Austria | – | – | – | 4416 | 0 | [0; 0.08] b | – | – |
| Belgium | 826 | 44 (5.3) | [3.9; 7.1] | 2031 | 33 (1.6) | [1.1; 2.3] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Bulgaria | 2190 | 0 | [0; 0.17] b | 375 | 0 | [0; 0.98] b | NS | |
| Croatia | 1677 | 11 (0.66) | [0.33; 1.2] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cyprus | 5 | 0 | [−] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Czechia | 4641 | 35 (0.75) | [0.53; 1.0] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Denmark | – | – | – | 10,677 | 90 (0.84) | [0.68; 1.0] | – | – |
| Estonia | 359 | 22 (6.1) | [3.9; 9.1] | 1734 | 4 (0.23) | [0.06; 0.59] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| France | – | – | – | 12,301 | 496 (4.0) | [3.7; 4.4] | – | – |
| Germany | – | – | – | 18,147 | 101 (0.56) | [0.45; 0.68] | – | – |
| Greece | 135 | 9 (6.7) | [3.1; 12.3] | 617 | 0 | [0; 0.60] b | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Hungary | 2653 | 28 (1.1) | [0.70; 1.5] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | 234 | 10 (4.3) | [2.1; 7.7] | 2230 | 36 (1.6) | [1.1; 2.2] | 0.0093 | CA > FBOp |
| Italy | 5103 | 247 (4.8) | [4.3; 5.5] | 9851 | 92 (0.93) | [0.75; 1.1] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Latvia | – | – | – | 534 | 2 (0.38) | [0.04; 1.3] | – | – |
| Luxembourg | – | – | – | 375 | 4 (1.1) | [0.29; 2.7] | – | – |
| Malta | 60 | 16 (26.7) | [16.1; 39.7] | 175 | 12 (6.9) | [3.6; 11.7] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Netherlands | 286 | 24 (8.4) | [5.5; 12.2] | 7130 | 156 (2.2) | [1.9; 2.6] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Poland | 8696 | 69 (0.79) | [0.62; 1.0] | 25,569 | 11 (0.04) | [0.02; 0.08] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Portugal | – | – | – | 9328 | 96 (1.0) | [0.83; 1.3] | – | – |
| Romania | 2227 | 3 (0.14) | [0.03; 0.39] | 3654 | 1 (0.03) | [0; 0.15] | NS | |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | 2629 | 0 | [0; 0.14] b | – | – |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | 980 | 0 | [0; 0.38] b | – | – |
| Spain | 1200 | 127 (10.6) | [8.9; 12.5] | 3350 | 128 (3.8) | [3.2; 4.5] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | – | – | – | 610 | 10 (1.6) | [0.79; 3.0] | – | – |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 30,292 | 645 (2.1) | [2.0; 2.3] | 116,713 | 1272 (1.1) | [1.0; 1.2] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| EU Total (27 + XI) providing CA and FBOp data | 21,316 | 571 (2.7) | [2.5; 2.9] | 56,716 |
473 (0.83) |
[0.76; 0.91] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
Abbreviations: –, Data not reported; [–], The confidence interval is not provided because of the small sample size.
a
p‐value: NS, not significant.
b
One‐sided, 97.5% confidence interval.