Table 9.
Summary of Salmonella statistics related to humans, major food categories and the main animal species, EU, 2017–2021
| 2021 (a) | 2020 | 2019 (b) | 2018 (b) | 2017 (b) | Data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | ||||||
| Total number of confirmed cases | 60,050 | 52,690 | 87,908 | 91,858 | 91,587 | ECDC |
| Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rate) | 15.7 | 13.7 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 19.4 | ECDC |
| Number of reporting MSs | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired in the EU | 43,720 | 38,247 | 58,157 | 59,763 | 59,642 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired outside the EU | 925 | 973 | 6,343 | 6,376 | 6,001 | ECDC |
| Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection | 15,405 | 13,470 | 23,408 | 25,719 | 25,944 | ECDC |
| Number of outbreak‐related cases | 6,755 | 3,686 | 10,240 | 11,631 | 9,607 | EFSA |
| Total number of outbreaks | 773 | 694 | 1,284 | 1,588 | 1,241 | EFSA |
| Food | ||||||
| Meat and meat products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 977,434 | 557,341 | 552,590 | 433,197 | 380,000 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 28 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | EFSA |
| Milk and milk products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 43,902 | 38,492 | 46,797 | 44,078 | 30,796 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | EFSA |
| Fish and fishery products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 14,882 | 16,486 | 13,974 | 17,075 | 13,486 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 25 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | EFSA |
| Eggs and egg products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 14,696 | 11,579 | 12,093 | 10,611 | 15,435 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 23 | EFSA |
| Fruit and vegetables (including juice) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 12,483 | 17,222 | 17,068 | 10,888 | 7,579 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | EFSA |
| Animals | ||||||
| Gallus gallus (chickens) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units (c) | 812,163 | 620,141 | 752,172 | 720,717 | 736,534 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | EFSA |
| Turkeys | ||||||
| Number of sampling units (c) | 70,869 | 63,473 | 65,950 | 68,009 | 74,739 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | EFSA |
| Ducks and geese | ||||||
| Number of sampling units (c) | 3,751 | 412 | 8,700 | 9,846 | 5,743 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | EFSA |
| Pigs | ||||||
| Number of sampling units (c) | 16,689 | 17,234 | 18,619 | 17,868 | 19,239 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 15 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 17 | EFSA |
| Cattle (bovine animals) | ||||||
| Number of sampling units (c) | 26,061 | 28,363 | 86,871 | 30,302 | 654,593 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | EFSA |
ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EFSA: European Food Safety Authority; MSs: Member States.
: Data on food and animal samples from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) are taken into account for 2021. In accordance with the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, and in particular with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the EU requirements on data sampling are also applicable to Northern Ireland.
: 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.
: Summary statistics referring to MSs were obtained by totalling all sampling units (single animals, slaughter animal batches and herds or flocks).