Table 25.
Number of tested samples by different countries for the main RTE food categories in the EU, 2017
| Country | Soft and semi‐soft cheeses and hard cheeses (Retail & Processing) | RTE fish and fishery products (Processing & Retail) | Meat and Meata products (Processing & Retail) | Fruit and vegetables (Processing & retail) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 406 | 74 | 135 | 30 |
| Belgium | 1,302 | 251 | 852 | 567 |
| Bulgaria | 1,878 | 414 | 4,508 | 257 |
| Croatia | 168 | 32 | 50 | 254 |
| Cyprus | 253 | 32 | 127 | 106 |
| Czech Republic | 2043 | 167 | 7,412 | 95 |
| Denmark | 266 | 648 | 486 | 80 |
| Estonia | 38 | 76 | 126 | 40 |
| Finland | / | / | / | / |
| France | na | na | 429 | na |
| Germany | nab | 1,402 | 393 | 37 |
| Greece | 115 | 215 | na | 10 |
| Hungary | 236 | 169 | 1,489 | 185 |
| Ireland | na | na | 88 | na |
| Italy | na | 631 | / | 1,017 |
| Latvia | 20 | 120 | 145 | / |
| Lithuania | na | 16 | 25 | na |
| Luxembourg | / | / | 243 | / |
| Malta | / | / | / | / |
| Netherlands | 3,388 | 383 | / | 186 |
| Poland | 1,808 | 2,864 | 16,706 | / |
| Portugal | 472 | 40 | 254 | 49 |
| Romania | 107 | 19 | 640 | / |
| Slovakia | 1,587 | 110 | 1,485 | 37 |
| Slovenia | / | 18 | 50 | 60 |
| Spain | 205 | 502 | 381 | 358 |
| Sweden | na | 15 | 8 | na |
| United Kingdom | na | na | 902 | na |
| EU | 14,292 | 8,198 | 36,934 | 3,368 |
| Iceland | / | / | / | / |
| Norwayb | / | / | / | / |
| Serbia | / | / | / | / |
| Switzerland | / | / | / | / |
| Non‐EU | ||||
| Total (EU and non‐EU) | 14,292 | 8,198 | 36,934 | 3,368 |
na: data not presented in this table because of reported sampling strategy (‘selective’ and/or ‘suspect’ sampling);
/: no data reported.
For each food category, the number of samples reported in the table were obtained by extracting the data including the methods (both detection and enumeration method), all sampling stages (processing, retail, border inspections and unspecified), all samplers (industry, official, private and not specified, all sampling context (including ‘monitoring’, ‘surveillance’, ‘surveillance, according 2073/2005’, ‘not specified’), all sampling strategies excluding ‘selective sampling’ and ‘suspect sampling.
Category including: RTE beef, RTE pork, RTE broiler and RTE turkey meat, mixed meat and minced meat intended to be eaten raw.
Germany could not provide information on the type of cheese (‘hard’, ‘soft and semi‐soft cheeses’).