Table 6.
Comparison of proportions (%) of Campylobacter‐positive single samples and samples exceeding the Campylobacter PHC limit collected from the neck skins of chilled broiler carcases sampled at the slaughterhouses in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005, by sampler and reporting MS, EU, 2021
| Country | Competent Authority (CA) | Food business operator (FBOp) | p‐value (b) , (c) | Interpretation (c) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N samples Tested | N (%) samples positive | N (%) samples above 1,000 CFU/g | CI95 samples above 1,000 CFU/g | N samples Tested | N (%) samples positive | N (%) samples above 1,000 CFU/g | CI95 samples above 1,000 CFU/g | |||
| Austria | – | – | – | – | 957 | NA | 61 (6.4) | [4.9; 8.1] | – | – |
| Belgium | 633 | NA | 89 (14.1) | [11.4; 17.0] | 2,421 | NA | 172 (7.1) | [6.1; 8.2] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Bulgaria | 1,048 | 218 (20.8) | 16 (1.5) | [0.88; 2.5] | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Croatia | 832 | 417 (50.1) | 253 (30.4) | [27.3; 33.7] | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cyprus | 220 | 180 (81.8) | 113 (51.4) | [44.6; 58.1] | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Czechia | – | – | – | – | 4,110 | 2,573 (62.6) | 1,620 (39.4) | [37.9; 40.9] | – | – |
| Denmark | – | – | – | – | 1,150 | 164 (14.3) | 86 (7.5) | [6,0; 9.2] | – | – |
| Estonia | 12 | 1 (8.3) | 1 (8.3) | [0.21; 38.5] | 260 | 0 | 0 | [0; 1.4] (a) | 0.04 | CA > FBOp |
| Finland | – | – | – | – | 585 | 1 (0.17) (f) | 1 (0.17) | [0; 0.95] | – | – |
| France | – | – | – | – | 16,357 | NA | 4,389 (26.8) | [26.2; 27.5] | – | – |
| Germany | 28 | NA | 9 (32.1) | [15.9; 52.4] | 6,604 | NA | 510 (7.7) | [7.1; 8.4] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Greece | 75 | 52 (69.3) | 33 (44.0) | [32.5; 55.9] | 612 | 31 (5.1) | 31 (5.1) | [3.5; 7.1] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Hungary | 344 | 41 (11.9) | 14 (4.1) | [2.2; 6.7] | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | 164 | 96 (58.5) | 10 (6.1) | [3; 10.9] | 1,031 | 379 (36.8) | 75 (7.3) | [5.8; 9.0] | NS | |
| Italy | 1,233 | 639 (51.8) | 310 (25.1) | [22.7; 27.7] | 5,591 | NA | 466 (8.3) | [7.6; 9.1] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Latvia | 100 | 4 (4.0) | 0 (0) | [0; 3.6] (a) | 434 | 90 (20.7) | 24 (5.5) | [3.6; 8.1] | 0.01 | CA < FBOp |
| Netherlands | 333 | 79 (23.7) | 10 (3.0) | [1.4; 5.5] | 3,336 | 201 (6.0) | 201 (6.0) | [5.2; 6.9] | 0.0239 | CA < FBOp |
| Poland | 885 | 287 (32.4) | 174 (19.7) | [17.1; 22.4] | 1,365 | 112 (8.2) | 109 (8.0) | [6.6; 9.6] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Portugal | – | – | – | – | 3,528 | 1,006 (28.5) | 521 (14.8) | [13.6; 16.0] | – | – |
| Romania | 1,399 | 521 (37.2) | 84 (6.0) | [4.8; 7.4] | 1,450 | 491 (33.9) | 6 (0.41) | [0.15; 0.90] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | – | 1,075 | 20 (1.9) | 0 | [0; 0.34] (a) | – | – |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | – | 804 | 595 (74.0) | 333 (41.4) | [38; 44.9] | – | – |
| Spain | 757 | 584 (77.1) | 370 (48.9) | [45.3; 52.5] | 635 | 139 (21.9) | 139 (21.9) | [18.7; 25.3] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Sweden | – | – | – | – | 1,046 | 15 (1.4) | 15 (1.4) | [0.8; 2.4] | – | – |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 8,063 | 3,119 (42.1) (d) | 1,486 (18.4) | [17.6; 19.3] | 53,351 | 5,817 (27.2) (e) | 8,759 (16.4) | [16.1; 16.7] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| EU Total (27 + XI) providing CA and FBOp data | 5,619 | 2,263 (45.6) (d) | 1,090 (19.4) | [18.4; 20.5] | 23,739 | 1,443 (15.8) (e) | 1,733 (7.3) | [7.0; 7.6] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
NA: not available.
: One‐sided, 97.5% confidence interval.
: p‐value: NS, not significant.
: Related to the percentage of positive samples above 1,000 CFU/g.
: Belgium and Germany did not report Campylobacter‐positive samples below 1,000 CFU/g from test results of the Competent Authority.
: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy did not report Campylobacter‐positive samples below 1,000 CFU/g from test results of food business operators.
: Reporting error. Finland indicated, during the last phase of the production of this report, that the number of Campylobacter‐positive samples below 1,000 CFU/g from the FBOp was unknown.