Table 68.

Frequency distribution of strong‐evidence food‐borne (excluding waterborne) outbreaks, by food vehicle, in reporting Member States, EU, 2017

Food vehicle		Strong‐evidence outbreaks				Reporting rate per 100,000
		Number of outbreaks	% of total outbreaks	Number of cases	% of total cases	2017	2010–2016 (mean)
Meat and meat products (and their products)	Poultry meat	30	4.7	613	5.2	0.006	0.010
	Meat and meat products, unspecified	39	6.1	681	5.7	0.008	0.002
	Pigmeat	27	4.2	821	6.9	0.005	0.008
	Bovine meat	13	2.0	350	3.0	0.003	0.004
	Sheep meat	2	0.3	110	0.9	< 0.001	< 0.001
	Other or mixed red meat and their products	10	1.6	313	2.6	0.002	0.003
	Subtotal	121	18.9	2,888	24.4	0.024	0.028
Mixed food	Mixed food	90	14.1	1,828	15.4	0.018	0.017
Buffet meals	Buffet meals	10	1.6	368	3.1	0.002	0.004
Other foods	Canned food products	1	0.2	2	0.0	< 0.001	< 0.001
	Cereal products and legumes	8	1.3	82	0.7	0.002	0.002
	Other foods/Unspecified	49	7.7	1,759	14.9	0.010	0.009
	Subtotal	58	9.1	1,843	15.6	0.011	0.011
Food of non‐animal origin	Confections	6	0.9	74	0.6	0.001	0.003
	Fruits (and juices)	7	1.1	84	0.7	0.001	0.002
	Herbs and spices	2	0.3	109	0.9	< 0.001	< 0.001
	Vegetables (and juices)	24	3.8	601	5.1	0.005	0.007
	Subtotal	39	6.1	868	7.3	0.008	0.012
Bakery products	Bakery products	56	8.8	901	7.6	0.011	0.006
Eggs and egg products	Eggs and egg products	105	16.4	1,035	8.7	0.021	0.022
Fish and fishery products	Crustaceans, shellfish, molluscs and their products	24	3.8	243	2.1	0.005	0.009
	Fish and fishery products	82	12.8	471	4.0	0.016	0.010
	Subtotal	106	16.6	714	6.0	0.021	0.018
Milk and milk products	Cheese	14	2.2	755	6.4	0.003	0.004
	Milk	26	4.1	380	3.2	0.005	0.002
	Dairy products (other than cheeses)	9	1.4	38	0.3	0.002	0.001
	Subtotal	49	7.7	1,173	9.9	0.010	0.007
Unknown	Unknown	5	0.8	226	1.9	0.001	< 0.001
Total (EU)		639	100.0	11,844	100.0	0.125	0.128