Table 22.
Summary of statistics of human invasive L. monocytogenes infections and L. monocytogenes occurrence in the major RTE food categories in the EU, 2013–2017
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | Data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | ||||||
| Total number of confirmed cases | 2,480 | 2,509 | 2,183 | 2,217 | 1,883 | ECDC |
| Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rates) | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.40 | ECDC |
| Number of reporting MS | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired in the EU | 1,635 | 1,532 | 1,450 | 1,498 | 1,298 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired outside the EU | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | ECDC |
| Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection | 841 | 971 | 726 | 713 | 576 | ECDC |
| Total number of food borne outbreaks | 10 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | EFSA |
| Number of outbreak‐related cases | 39 | 25 | 233 | 94 | 56 | EFSA |
| RTE food | ||||||
| RTE food – occurrence (%) by detection method (number of tested samples by detection method; number of reporting MS)a | ||||||
| Fish and fishery products | 6.0%(n = 6,730; 22 MS) | 5.1% (n = 2,918; 22 MS) | 3.2% (n = 4,658; 22 MS) | 5.8% (n = 3,436; 16 MS) | 5.1% (n = 3,479; 20 MS) | EFSA |
| Meat and meat products (beef, pork, broiler and turkey meat) | 1.8%(n = 22,544; 19 MS) | 3.3% (n = 15,161; 23 MS) | 2.8% (n = 16,789; 21 MS) | 2.1% (n = 67,215; 18 MS) | 3.4% (n = 44,977; 21 MS) | EFSA |
| Soft and semi‐soft cheeses made from raw or low‐heat‐treated milk | 0.9%(n = 6,117; 17 MS) | 2.6% (n = 853; 15 MS) | 1.4% (n = 730; 13 MS) | 1.0% (n = 2,573; 13 MS) | 4.2% (n = 2,542; 13 MS) | EFSA |
| Hard cheeses made from raw or low‐heat‐treated milk | 0.1%(n = 5,039; 15 MS) | 1.0% (n = 509; 9 MS) | 1.3% (n = 858; 11 MS) | 0.2% (n = 10,175; 9 MS) | 0.7% (n = 1,609; 12 MS) | EFSA |
| Fruit and vegetables | 0.6%(n = 1,773; 17 MS) | 0.7% (n = 1,043; 16 MS) | 2.1% (n = 1,456; 17 MS) | 3.0% (n = 1,503; 17 MS) | 2.1% (n = 1,991; 15 MS) | EFSA |
| Salads | 4.2%(n = 902; 14 MS) | 1.9% (n = 1,042; 14 MS) | 1.9% (n = 1,238; 13 MS) | 1.1% (n = 1,154; 15 MS) | 2.4% (n = 1,822; 14 MS) | EFSA |
a
For each ready‐to eat (RTE) food category, occurrence estimates (proportion of positive samples (single units and batches)) were obtained from the reporting countries that reported samples that were tested for L. monocytogenes with the detection method and taking into account all sampling stages (processing, retail, border inspections and unspecified), all samplers (industry, official, private and not specified) and the following sampling strategies: census, convenience sampling, objective sampling and not specified.