Table 50.

Prevalence of presumptive carbapenemase‐producing E. coli in meat from pigs, fattening pigs, bovine meat and cattle under 1 year of age collected – voluntary specific carbapenemase‐producing monitoring, 18 EU MSs and 1 non‐MS, 2017

Countrya	Animal population / Meat
	Pig Meat – fresh				Fattening Pigs				Bovine Meat ‐ fresh				Cattle – calves, < 1 year old
	N	nCP+	%P	95% CI	N	nCP+	%P	95% CI	N	nCP+	%P	95% CI	N	nCP+	%P	95% CI
Austria	302	0	0	0–1.2	283	0	0	0–1.3	297	0	0	0–1.2	300	0	0	0–1.2
Belgium	299	0	0	0–1.2	297	0	0	0–1.2	300	0	0	0–1.2	300	0	0	0–1.2
Croatia	156	0	0	0–2.3	369	0	0	0–1.0	161	0	0	0–2.3	354	0	0	0–1.0
Czech Republic	298	0	0	0–1.2	301	0	0	0–1.2	301	0	0	0–1.2	–	0	–	–
Denmark	281	0	0	0–1.3	295	0	0	0–1.2	292	0	0	0–1.3	297	0	0	0–1.2
Estonia	150	0	0	0–2.4	68	0	0	0–5.3	150	0	0	0–2.4	–	0	–	–
Finland	301	0	0	0–1.2	299	0	0	0–1.2	302	0	0	0–1.2	–	0	–	–
France	324	0	0	0–1.1	327	0	0	0–1.1	324	0	0	0–1.1	315	0	0	0–1.2
Germany	454	0	0	0–0.8	354	0	0	0–1.1	399	0	0	0–0.9	349	0	0	0–1.1
Greece	133	0	0	0–2.7	170	0	0	0–2.1	62	0	0	0–5.8	–	0	–	–
Hungary	298	0	0	0–1.2	249	0	0	0–1.5	184	0	0	0–2.0	–	0	–	–
Ireland	300	0	0	0–1.2	300	0	0	0–1.2	300	0	0	0–1.2	–	0	–	–
Italy	272	0	0	0–1.3	302	0	0	0–1.2	272	0	0	0–1.3	319	0	0	0–1.1
Portugal	220	0	0	0–1.7	254	0	0	0–1.4	220	0	0	0–1.7	289	0	0	0–1.3
Slovenia	151	0	0	0–2.4	152	0	0	0–2.4	151	0	0	0–2.4	–	0	–	–
Poland	–	–	–	–	306	0	0	0–1.2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sweden	295	0	0	0–1.2	241	0	0	0–1.5	286	0	0	0–1.3	–	0	–	–
United Kingdom	310	0	0	0–1.2	347	0	0	0–1.1	314	0	0	0–1.2	–	0	–	–
Total (18 MSs)	4,544	0	0	0–0.1	4,914	0	0	0–0.1	4,315	0	0	0–0.1	2,523	0	0	0–0.1
Switzerland	302	0	0	0–1.2	296	0	0	0–1.2	299	0	0	0–1.2	304	0	0	0–1.2

N: Number of samples tested on selective culture media; n_CP+: number of samples positive for presumptive carbapenemase‐producing E. coli; –: not reported; P: prevalence; CI: confidence interval.

^aThe Netherlands also reported data from their specific carbapenemase monitoring performed with different protocol. These data are shown in a separate text box below.