TABLE 35.
Summary of STEC statistics relating to humans, major food categories and the main animal species, EU, 2018–2022.
| 2022 a | 2021 a | 2020 | 2019 b | 2018 b | Data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | ||||||
| Total number of confirmed cases | 7117 | 6406 | 4489 | 7801 | 8167 | ECDC |
| Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rates) | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | ECDC |
| Number of reporting MSs | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired in the EU | 5011 | 4365 | 3370 | 4836 | 5783 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired outside the EU | 525 | 117 | 148 | 751 | 693 | ECDC |
| Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection | 1581 | 1924 | 971 | 2214 | 1691 | ECDC |
| Number of foodborne outbreak‐related cases | 408 | 275 | 208 | 273 | 390 | EFSA |
| Total number of foodborne outbreaks | 71 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 50 | EFSA |
| Food c | ||||||
| Meat and meat products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 9932 | 12,160 | 10,866 | 14,110 | 9250 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 21 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 17 | EFSA |
| Milk and milk products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 5957 | 4094 | 4665 | 5479 | 5339 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 14 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | EFSA |
| Fruits and vegetables (and juices) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 2975 | 4044 | 3398 | 2696 | 3371 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | EFSA |
| Animals d | ||||||
| Cattle (bovine animals) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 282 | 3316 | 868 | 1615 | 1112 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | EFSA |
| Small ruminants (sheep, goats) and deer | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 1456 | 151 | 227 | 320 | 188 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | EFSA |
Abbreviations: ECDC, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EFSA, European Food Safety Authority; MSs, Member States; STEC, Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli.
For the 2021–2022 period, data on animal samples from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) were considered. In accordance with the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, and with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the EU requirements on data sampling are also applicable to Northern Ireland.
Data from the United Kingdom were considered for the 2018–2019 period, since the United Kingdom was still an EU MS at that time. However, on 1 February 2020 it became a third country.
Number of sampling units was obtained by totalling all sampling units (single, batch), sampling stages (Automatic distribution system for raw milk, Border Control Posts, Canteen or workplace catering, Catering, Cutting plant, Distribution: wholesale and retail sale, Farm, Game handling establishment, Hospital or medical care facility, Household, Hunting, Manufacturing, Mobile retailer or market/street vendor, Packing centre, Primary production, Processing plant, Restaurant or Cafe or Pub or Bar or Hotel or Catering service, Retail, Road transport, School or kindergarten, Slaughterhouse, Storage, Takeaway or fast‐food outlet, Unspecified and Wholesale), sampling strategies (convenience sampling, objective sampling, selective sampling and suspect sampling) and samplers (official sampling, industry sampling and HACCP and own check).
Number of sampling units was obtained by totalling all sampling units (animals, holdings and herds or flocks), sampling stages at primary production (farm, natural habitat, slaughterhouse, veterinary activities and zoo), sampling strategies (convenience sampling, objective sampling and suspect sampling) and samplers (industry sampling, official sampling and private sampling).