Table 7.
Occurrence of Campylobacter in the main food categories, EU, 2021 and 2017–2020
| Food | 2021 | 2017–2020 (a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N reporting MSs | N sampled units | Positive N (%) | N reporting MSs | N sampled units | Positive N (%) | |
| RTE food | ||||||
| All | 12 | 3,220 | 10 (0.31) | 15 | 11,429 | 19 (0.17) |
| Meat and meat products | 7 | 421 | 1 (0.24) | 10 | 1,301 | 3 (0.23) |
| Meat and meat products from broilers | 2 | 6 | 1 (16.7) | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Meat and meat products from turkeys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 (6.7) |
| Other meat and meat products | 5 | 415 | 0 | 9 | 1,247 | 2 (0.16) |
| Milk and milk products | 7 | 909 | 1 (0.11) | 6 | 3,029 | 10 (0.33) |
| Milk | 3 | 361 | 1 (0.28) | 6 | 1,055 | 10 (0.95) |
| Raw milk (b) | 2 | 212 | 1 (0.47) | 6 | 1,036 | 10 (0.97) |
| Cheese | 5 | 546 | 0 | 7 | 1,959 | 0 |
| Dairy products excluding cheeses, butter, cream, ice cream, whey, yoghurt and fermented dairy products | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Fruits, vegetables and juices | 5 | 1,215 | 0 | 5 | 2,530 | 1 (0.04) |
| Ready‐to‐eat salads | 2 | 367 | 1 (0.27) | 5 | 640 | 1 (0.16) |
| Other processed food products and prepared dishes | 4 | 239 | 3 (1.3) | 6 | 3,275 | 4 (0.12) |
| Other foods | 5 | 69 | 4 (5.8) | 6 | 654 | 0 |
| Non‐RTE food | ||||||
| All | 16 | 14,158 | 1,543 (10.9) | 22 | 73,990 | 17,431 (23.6) |
| Meat and meat products | 15 | 12,704 | 1,511 (11.9) | 22 | 66,947 | 17,353 (25.9) |
| Meat and meat products from broilers | 14 | 10,287 | 1,219 (11.8) | 20 | 38,220 | 12,666 (33.1) |
| Meat and meat products from turkeys | 9 | 610 | 85 (13.9) | 10 | 3,876 | 1,058 (27.3) |
| Other meat and meat products | 11 | 1,807 | 207 (11.5) | 18 | 24,851 | 3,629 (14.6) |
| Milk and milk products | 5 | 394 | 1 (0.25) | 8 | 2,556 | 51 (2) |
| Fruits, vegetables and juices | 4 | 337 | 0 | 6 | 1,500 | 2 (0.13) |
| Other food | 6 | 723 | 31 (4.3) | 8 | 2,987 | 25 (0.84) |
| Fresh meat (c) | ||||||
| All | 13 | 11,783 | 1,381 (11.7) | 22 | 61,805 | 16,061 (26.0) |
| Fresh meat from broilers | 13 | 9,845 | 1,135 (11.5) | 20 | 35,858 | 11,857 (33.1) |
| Fresh meat from turkeys | 8 | 583 | 75 (12.9) | 10 | 3,419 | 957 (28.0) |
| Fresh meat from pigs | 2 | 239 | 6 (2.5) | 10 | 2,571 | 110 (4.3) |
| Fresh meat from bovine animals | 3 | 192 | 1 (0.52) | 12 | 4,174 | 40 (0.96) |
| Other fresh meat | 8 | 924 | 164 (17.7) | 13 | 15,783 | 3,097 (19.6) |
RTE: ready‐to‐eat.
(a)
: Data from the United Kingdom are taken into account for 2017–2019, because the United Kingdom was an EU MS, but it became a third country on 1 February 2020.
(b)
: Raw RTE milk sampling units are a subset of RTE milk.
(c)
: Fresh meat sampling units are a subset of the two main categories above.