Table 11.
Proportion (%) of Salmonella‐positive samples from official sampling as part of the verification of Salmonella FSC in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005, by stage in the food chain, EU, 2021
| Food matrices | Manufacturing stage (including processing) | Distribution stage (including retail) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N MSs | N tested samples | N (%) testing positive | N MSs | N tested samples | N (%) testing positive | |
| Cheeses, butter and cream made from raw milk or milk that has undergone a lower heat treatment than pasteurisation | 9 | 1,718 | 4 (0.23) | 7 | 2,614 | 6 (0.23) |
| Cooked crustaceans and molluscan shellfish | 5 | 390 | 0 | 7 | 846 | 6 (0.71) |
| Dried follow‐on formulae | 1 | 90 | 1 (1.1) | 4 | 259 | 0 |
| Dried infant formulae and dried dietary foods for special medical purposes intended for infants below 6 months of age | – | – | – | 5 | 449 | 1 (0.22) |
| Egg products, excluding products where the manufacturing process or the composition of the product will eliminate the Salmonella risk | 5 | 203 | 0 | 4 | 292 | 9 (3.1) |
| Fresh poultry meat | 9 | 16,322 | 501 (3.1) | 10 | 4,889 | 319 (6.5) |
| Gelatine and collagen | 2 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 114 | 0 |
| Ice cream, excluding products where the manufacturing process or the composition of the product will eliminate the Salmonella risk | 5 | 352 | 1 (0.28) | 7 | 483 | 0 |
| Live bivalve molluscs and live echinoderms, tunicates and gastropods | 2 | 535 | 0 | 4 | 371 | 2 (0.54) |
| Meat products intended to be eaten raw, excluding products where the manufacturing process or the composition of the product will eliminate the Salmonella risk | 9 | 1,130 | 3 (0.27) | 7 | 968 | 4 (0.41) |
| Meat products made from poultry meat intended to be eaten cooked | 2 | 30 | 3 (10.0) | 1 | 40 | 0 |
| Mechanically separated meat (MSM) | 7 | 188 | 25 (13.3) | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Milk powder and whey powder | 8 | 184 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 0 |
| Minced meat and meat preparations intended to be eaten raw | 4 | 118 | 0 | 4 | 194 | 0 |
| Minced meat and meat preparations made from other species than poultry intended to be eaten cooked | 11 | 3,879 | 41 (1.1) | 12 | 5,935 | 80 (1.3) |
| Minced meat and meat preparations made from poultry meat intended to be eaten cooked | 9 | 6,236 | 325 (5.2) | 9 | 1,654 | 144 (8.7) |
| Precut fruit and vegetables (ready‐to‐eat) | 5 | 185 | 0 | 9 | 1,915 | 2 (0.1) |
| Ready‐to‐eat foods containing raw egg, excluding products where the manufacturing process or the composition of the product will eliminate the Salmonella risk | 1 | 285 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 |
| Sprouted seeds (ready‐to‐eat) | 4 | 67 | 0 | 6 | 383 | 0 |
| Unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready‐ to‐eat) | 4 | 255 | 0 | 7 | 985 | 0 |
| EU Total (a) | 14 | 32,212 | 904 (2.8) | 14 | 22,614 | 573 (2.5) |
MSs: Member States; FSC: food safety criteria.
(a)
: Data 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.