Table 18.
Frequency distribution of non‐O157 STEC serogroups in food categories in reporting Member States, 2016a
| Food categoryb | STEC isolates with serogroup reported | STEC serogroups | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of total STEC isolates with serogroup reported in the specific food category | ||||||||||||||||
| n | O26 | O103 | O145 | O111 | O146 | O91 | O76 | O113 | O5 | O174 | O87 | O116 | O6 | Other serogroups (list) | ||
| Bovine meat | 30 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.3 | (O100, O108, O130, O139, O153, O171, O177, O182, O22, O39, O79, O8) |
| Ovine and goat meat | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 39.1 | (O108, O14, O15, O168, O176, O38, O65) |
| Other ruminants meatc | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 28.6 | (O153, O8) |
| Pig meat | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | (O119, O68, O8) |
| Other meatd | 23 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.2 | (O100, O101, O112, O121, O168, O188, O21, O23, O27, O38, O7, O77, O8) |
| Mixed meat | 4 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Milk and dairy productse | 13 | 53.8 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.8 | (O15, O177, O38, O8) |
| Raw milkf | 7 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 42.9 | (O150, O179, O22) |
| Fruit and vegetable | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Seeds | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Other food | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 74.2 | (O100, O130, O166, O168, O181, O21, O27, O39, O55, O8, O81) |
| Total | 144 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 52.1 | (O100, O101, O108, O112, O119, O121, O130, O139, O14, O15, O150, O153, O166, O168, O171, O176, O177, O179, O181, O182, O188, O21, O22, O23, O27, O38, O39, O55, O65, O68, O7, O77, O79, O8, O81) |
n: number of isolates; STEC: Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli.
Data originating from any analytical method are included.
a
Non‐O157 STEC serogroups are listed according to their public health relevance as a cause of human infections in the EU (EFSA, 2009a).
b
The different meat categories presented in this table include all type of meat (not only fresh).
c
Includes meat from deer.
d
Includes meat from animals other than ruminants and pigs.
e
Includes any type of dairy product, cheese and milk other than raw milk.
f
Includes raw milk from different species, but most of the tested samples and all the positive samples were from cows.