TABLE 21.
Comparisons of the prevalence of target Salmonella serovar‐positive broiler flocks, by sampler and by reporting MS, EU, 2022.
| Country | Competent authority (CA) | Food business operator (FBOp) | p‐value a | Interpretation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N tested flocks | N (%) flocks positive for target serovars | CI95 | N tested flocks | N (%) flocks positive for target serovars | CI95 | |||
| Austria | 123 | 1 (0.81) | [0.02; 4.4] | 6041 | 7 (0.12) | [0.05; 0.24] | NS | |
| Belgium | 86 | 0 | [0; 4.2] b | 11,064 | 17 (0.15) | [0.09; 0.25] | NS | |
| Bulgaria | 20 | 0 | [0; 16.8] b | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cyprus | 9 | 0 | [−] | 1014 | 0 | [0; 0.36] b | – | – |
| Czechia | 38 | 2 (5.3) | [0.64; 17.7] | 4762 | 44 (0.92) | [0.67; 1.2] | 0.0508 | CA > FBOp |
| Denmark | 275 | 0 | [0; 1.3] b | 3680 | 1 (0.03) | [0; 0.15] | NS | |
| Estonia | 203 | 0 | [0; 1.8] b | 437 | 0 | [0; 0.84] b | NS | |
| Finland | 506 | 0 | [0; 0.73] b | 3511 | 2 (0.06) | [0.01; 0.21] | NS | |
| France | 417 | 13 (3.1) | [1.7; 5.3] | 58,712 | 364 (0.62) | [0.56; 0.69] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Germany | 265 | 3 (1.1) | [0.23; 3.3] | 26,280 | 6 (0.02) | [0.01; 0.05] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Greece | 87 | 3 (3.4) | [0.72; 9.7] | 8503 | 0 | [0; 0.04] b | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Hungary | 7119 | 0 | [0; 0.05] b | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | 99 | 1 (1.0) | [0.03; 5.5] | 3295 | 1 (0.03) | [0; 0.17] | 0.0575 | CA > FBOp |
| Italy | 872 | 44 (5.0) | [3.7; 6.7] | 26,961 | 11 (0.04) | [0.02; 0.07] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Latvia | 6 | 1 (16.7) | [−] | 744 | 1 (0.13) | [0; 0.75] | – | – |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | [−] | 9 | 0 | [−] | – | – |
| Malta | 6 | 2 (33.3) | [−] | 447 | 2 (0.45) | [0.05; 1.6] | – | – |
| Poland | 1516 | 89 (5.9) | [4.7; 7.2] | 47,352 | 23 (0.05) | [0.03; 0.07] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Portugal | 110 | 0 | [0; 3.3] b | 10,315 | 4 (0.04) | [0.01; 0.10] | NS | |
| Romania | 358 | 2 (0.56) | [0.07; 2.0] | 13,720 | 12 (0.09) | [0.04; 0.15] | 0.048 | CA > FBOp |
| Slovakia | 34 | 0 | [0; 10.3] b | 2741 | 2 (0.07) | [0.01; 0.26] | NS | |
| Slovenia | 33 | 0 | [0; 10.6] b | 2475 | 3 (0.12) | [0.03; 0.35] | NS | |
| Spain | 458 | 7 (1.5) | [0.62; 3.1] | 38,312 | 44 (0.12) | [0.08; 0.15] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Sweden | 163 | 0 | [0; 2.2] b | 4047 | 8 (0.20) | [0.09; 0.39] | NS | |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | 46 | 0 | [0; 7.7] b | 6358 | 0 | [0; 0.06] b | NS | |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 12,852 | 168 (1.3) | [1.1; 1.5] | 280,780 | 552 (0.20) | [0.18; 0.21] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| EU Total (27 + XI) providing CA and FBOp data | 5713 | 168 (2.9) | [2.5; 3.4] | 280,780 | 552 (0.20) | [0.18; 0.21] | < 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.