TABLE 17.
Comparisons of proportions (%) of Salmonella‐positive single samples from horse carcases 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 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | [−] | – | – |
| Belgium | 35 | 0 | [0; 10.0] b | 53 | 0 | [0; 6.7] b | NS | |
| Croatia | 21 | 0 | [0; 16.1] b | – | – | – | – | – |
| Czechia | 5 | 0 | [−] | – | – | – | – | – |
| France | – | – | – | 54 | 0 | [0; 6.6] b | – | – |
| Germany | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | [−] | – | – |
| Ireland | – | – | – | 63 | 0 | [0; 5.7] b | – | – |
| Italy | 171 | 2 (1.2) | [0.14; 4.2] | 352 | 1 (0.28) | [0.01; 1.6] | NS | |
| Latvia | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | [−] | – | – |
| Netherlands | – | – | – | 23 | 0 | [0; 14.8] b | – | – |
| Poland | 45 | 0 | [0; 7.9] b | – | – | – | – | – |
| Portugal | – | – | – | 30 | 0 | [0; 11.6] b | – | – |
| Romania | 111 | 0 | [0; 3.3] b | 138 | 0 | [0; 2.6] b | NS | |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | 34 | 0 | [0; 10.3] b | – | – |
| Spain | – | – | – | 50 | 1 (2.0) | [0.05; 10.6] | – | – |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 388 | 2 (0.52) | [0.06; 1.9] | 809 | 2 (0.25) | [0.03; 0.89] | NS | |
| EU Total (27 + XI) providing CA and FBOp data | 317 | 2 (0.63) | [0.08; 2.3] | 543 | 1 (0.18) | [0; 1.0] | NS | |
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.