Table 16.
Comparisons of proportions (%) of Salmonella‐positive single samples from sheep carcases after dressing but before chilling, by sampler and reporting MS, EU, 2021
| Country | Competent authority (CA) | Food business operator (FBOp) | p‐value (b) | Interpretation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N tested samples | N (%) positive samples | CI95 | N tested samples | N (%) positive samples | CI95 | |||
| Austria | – | – | – | 229 | 0 | [0; 1.6] (a) | – | – |
| Belgium | 338 | 4 (1.2) | [0.32; 3.0] | 641 | 1 (0.16) | [0; 0.87] | 0.051 | CA > FBOp |
| Bulgaria | 120 | 0 | [0; 3.0] (a) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Croatia | 2,034 | 33 (1.6) | [1.1; 2.3] | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cyprus | 10 | 0 | [0; 30.9] (a) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Czechia | 291 | 0 | [0; 1.3] (a) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Finland | – | – | – | 57 | 0 | [0; 6.3] (a) | – | – |
| France | – | – | – | 6,265 | 51 (0.81) | [0.61; 1.1] | – | – |
| Germany | – | – | – | 907 | 3 (0.33) | [0.07; 0.96] | – | – |
| Ireland | – | – | – | 1,402 | 2 (0.14) | [0.02; 0.51] | – | – |
| Italy | 346 | 6 (1.7) | [0.64; 3.7] | 3,135 | 4 (0.13) | [0.04; 0.33] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| Latvia | – | – | – | 143 | 0 | [0; 2.5] (a) | – | – |
| Luxembourg | – | – | – | 78 | 0 | [0; 4.6] (a) | – | – |
| Malta | – | – | – | 96 | 4 (4.2) | [1.1; 10.3] | – | – |
| Netherlands | – | – | – | 288 | 0 | [0; 1.3] (a) | – | – |
| Portugal | – | – | – | 2,101 | 17 (0.81) | [0.47; 1.3] | – | – |
| Romania | 464 | 0 | [0; 0.79] (a) | 652 | 0 | [0; 0.56] (a) | NS | |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | 352 | 0 | [0; 1.0] (a) | – | – |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | 92 | 0 | [0; 3.9] (a) | – | – |
| Spain | 90 | 0 | [0; 4.0] (a) | 245 | 0 | [0; 1.5] (a) | NS | |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 3,693 | 43 (1.2) | [0.84; 1.6] | 16,683 | 82 (0.49) | [0.39; 0.61] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
| EU Total (27 + XI) providing CA and FBOp data | 1,238 | 10 (0.81) | [0.39; 1.5] | 4,673 | 5 (0.11) | [0.04; 0.25] | < 0.001 | CA > FBOp |
–: Data not reported.
(a)
: One‐sided, 97.5% confidence interval.
(b)
: p‐value: NS, not significant.