TABLE 15.
Comparisons of proportions (%) of Salmonella‐positive single samples from sheep 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 | – | – | – | 250 | 0 | [0; 1.5] b | – | – |
| Belgium | 349 | 2 (0.57) | [0.07; 2.1] | 1007 | 2 (0.20) | [0.02; 0.72] | NS | – |
| Bulgaria | 419 | 0 | [0; 0.88] b | 45 | 0 | [0; 7.9] b | NS | – |
| Croatia | 1264 | 6 (0.48) | [0.17; 1.0] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cyprus | 5 | 1 (20.0) | [−] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Czechia | 426 | 3 (0.70) | [0.14; 2.0] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Estonia | – | – | – | 171 | 0 | [0; 2.1] b | – | – |
| Finland | – | – | – | 57 | 0 | [0; 6.3] b | – | – |
| France | – | – | – | 6709 | 66 (0.98) | [0.76; 1.2] | – | – |
| Germany | – | – | – | 525 | 0 | [0; 0.70] b | – | – |
| Greece | 126 | 0 | [0; 2.9] b | 457 | 0 | [0; 0.80] b | NS | |
| Hungary | 212 | 0 | [0; 1.7] b | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | – | – | – | 1748 | 1 (0.06) | [0; 0.32] | – | – |
| Italy | 402 | 4 (1.0) | [0.27; 2.5] | 1958 | 4 (0.20) | [0.06; 0.52] | 0.0328 | CA > FBOp |
| Latvia | – | – | – | 161 | 0 | [0; 2.3] b | – | – |
| Malta | – | – | – | 144 | 6 (4.2) | [1.5; 8.8] | – | – |
| Netherlands | 136 | 9 (6.6) | [3.1; 12.2] | 315 | 0 | [0; 1.2] b | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Poland | 31 | 0 | [0; 11.2] b | 20 | 0 | [0; 16.8] b | NS | – |
| Portugal | – | – | – | 2444 | 16 (0.66) | [0.38; 1.1] | – | – |
| Romania | 526 | 0 | [0; 0.70] b | 803 | 0 | [0; 0.46] b | NS | – |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | 334 | 0 | [0; 1.1] b | – | – |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | 152 | 0 | [0; 2.4] b | – | – |
| Spain | 100 | 0 | [0; 3.6] b | – | – | – | – | – |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | – | – | – | 520 | 0 | [0; 0.71] b | – | – |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 3996 | 25 (0.63) | [0.41; 0.92] | 17,820 | 95 (0.53) | [0.43; 0.65] | NS | |
| EU Total (27 + XI) providing CA and FBOp data | 1989 | 15 (0.75) | [0.42; 1.2] | 4605 | 6 (0.13) | [0.05; 0.28] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
Abbreviation: –, 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.