TABLE 14.
Comparisons of proportions (%) of Salmonella‐positive single samples from bovine 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 | – | – | – | 2879 | 1 (0.04) | [0; 0.19] | – | – |
| Belgium | 1116 | 5 (0.45) | [0.15; 1.0] | 3331 | 10 (0.30) | [0.14; 0.55] | NS | |
| Bulgaria | 512 | 0 | [0; 0.72] b | 60 | 0 | [0; 6.0] b | NS | |
| Croatia | 1599 | 4 (0.25) | [0.07; 0.64] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Czechia | 4034 | 13 (0.32) | [0.17; 0.55] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Denmark | – | – | – | 4272 | 5 (0.12) | [0.04; 0.27] | – | – |
| Estonia | 211 | 3 (1.4) | [0.29; 4.1] | 1275 | 0 | [0; 0.29] b | 0.0028 | CA > FBOp |
| France | – | – | – | 19,017 | 34 (0.18) | [0.12; 0.25] | – | – |
| Germany | – | – | – | 3489 | 10 (0.29) | [0.14; 0.53] | – | – |
| Greece | 114 | 0 | [0; 3.2] b | 344 | 0 | ] b | NS | |
| Hungary | 302 | 2 (0.66) | [0.08; 2.4] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | – | – | – | 6875 | 1 (0.01) | [0; 0.08] | – | – |
| Italy | 2825 | 50 (1.8) | [1.3; 2.3] | 10,784 | 60 (0.56) | [0.42; 0.72] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Latvia | – | – | – | 1760 | 0 | [0; 0.21] b | – | – |
| Luxembourg | – | – | – | 285 | 0 | [0; 1.3] b | – | – |
| Malta | – | – | – | 175 | 9 (5.1) | [2.4; 9.5] | – | – |
| Netherlands | 276 | 6 (2.2) | [0.8; 4.7] | 3100 | 27 (0.87) | [0.58; 1.3] | 0.0479 | CA > FBOp |
| Poland | 524 | 1 (0.19) | [0; 1.1] | 1666 | 0 | [0; 0.22] b | NS | |
| Portugal | – | – | – | 3677 | 16 (0.44) | [0.25; 0.71] | – | – |
| Romania | 1802 | 0 | [0; 0.20] b | 2960 | 0 | [0; 0.12] b | NS | |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | 2079 | 0 | [0; 0.18] b | – | – |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | 1746 | 0 | [0; 0.21] b | – | – |
| Spain | 750 | 13 (1.7) | [0.93; 2.9] | 750 | 11 (1.5) | [0.73; 2.6] | NS | |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | – | – | – | 1603 | 1 (0.06) | [0; 0.35] | – | – |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 14,065 | 97 (0.69) | [0.56; 0.84] | 72,127 | 185 (0.26) | [0.22; 0.30] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
|
EU Total (27 + XI) providing CA and FBOp data |
8130 | 78 (0.96) | [0.76; 1.2] | 24,270 | 108 (0.44) | [0.36; 0.54] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
Abbreviation: –, Data not reported.
a
One‐sided, 97.5% confidence interval.
b
p‐value: NS, not significant.