Table 65.
Top‐10 pathogen/food vehicle pairs causing the highest number of cases in strong‐evidence outbreaks in reporting EU MSs, 2021
| 2021 (a) | 2017–2020 (b) | Evaluation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank (c) | Causative agent | Food vehicle | Cases (N) | Reporting MSs (N cases) | Rank (c) | Cases (N/year) (range) (d) | Reporting MSs (N/year) (d) | 2021 vs. 2017–2020 (e) |
| 1 | Salmonella | Vegetables and juices and other products thereof (f) | 1,103 | Finland (797), Germany (82), Belgium (55), Sweden (53), Denmark (41), Netherlands (37), Spain (24), Austria (11), Luxembourg (3) | 24 | 108.2 (7–244) | 3.0 | ↑↑ |
| 2 | Norovirus (and other calicivirus) | Mixed foods (g) | 487 | France (227), Portugal (68), Italy (62), Finland (49), Sweden (44), Spain (31), Belgium (6) | 7 | 377.7 (223–735) | 4.5 | ↑ |
| 3 | Salmonella | Mixed foods (h) | 486 | Slovakia (187), Spain (134), Denmark (52), Italy (37), Finland (25), Germany (19), Malta (19), Poland (9), Belgium (4) | 2 | 777.8 (91–1,595) | 8.0 | ↓ |
| 4 | Salmonella | Eggs and egg products (i) | 403 | France (228), Poland (60), Spain (59), Denmark (26), Sweden (14), Hungary (9), Slovakia (5), Lithuania (2) | 1 | 1,140.8 (303–1,989) | 10.0 | ↓↓ |
| 5 | Norovirus (and other calicivirus) | Vegetables and juices and other products thereof (j) | 263 | France (118), Germany (98), Poland (47) | 14 | 227.0 (151–332) | 3.0 | – |
| 6 | Salmonella | Pig meat and products thereof (k) | 236 | France (104), Italy (67), Germany (65) | 12 | 235.3 (69–341) | 7.8 | – |
| 7 | Salmonella | Bakery products (l) | 178 | Poland (110), Czechia (29), Spain (14), Slovakia (14), Malta (4), Romania (4), Italy (3) | 8 | 352.5 (56–621) | 3.3 | ↓ |
| 8 | Staphylococcus aureus toxins | Mixed foods (m) | 166 | Portugal (93), Romania (44), Spain (15), Denmark (11), Italy (3) | 25 | 107.0 (3–212) | 4.5 | ↑↑ |
| 9 | Clostridium perfringens toxins | Mixed foods (n) | 161 | Italy (69), France (39), Portugal (20), Germany (15), Finland (12), Denmark (6) | 6 | 380.8 (292–507) | 5.3 | ↓↓ |
| 10 | Norovirus (and other calicivirus) | Crustaceans, shellfish, molluscs and products thereof (o) | 147 | France (53), Italy (49), Sweden (37), Spain (8) | 4 | 658.0 (104–1,152) | 5.8 | ↓↓ |
: Data on FBOs 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 on FBOs 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.
: Ranking of the food vehicle based on the number of strong‐evidence FBOs in which the combination (causative agent/food vehicle) was implicated (rank 1 is the highest rank meaning the most commonly implicated). Strong‐evidence outbreaks with unknown causative agents are not included.
: Outbreaks reported by the United Kingdom are also included.
: A single arrow indicates variations of 25% and 50% in the number of outbreaks; double arrows indicate variations > 50%; a ‘stable' value indicates variations of between −25% and +25%.
: ‘Vegetables and juices and other products thereof’ include ‘Alfalfa sprouts’, ‘Melons (except watermelon)’, ‘Vegetables – pre‐cut’, ‘Vegetables and juices and other products thereof’.
: ‘Mixed food’ includes ‘Mixed food’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes – sushi’, ‘Ready‐to‐eat salads’.
: ‘Mixed food’ includes ‘Foodstuffs intended for special nutritional uses – dietary foods for special medical purposes’, ‘Mixed food’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes – fish and seafood‐based dishes’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes – pasta’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes – sushi’, ‘Sauce and dressings – mayonnaise'.
: ‘Eggs and egg products’ include ‘Eggs’, ‘Eggs and egg products’.
: ‘Vegetables and juices and other products thereof’ include ‘Lettuce', ‘Vegetables and juices and other products thereof’.
: ‘Pig meat and products thereof’ includes ‘Meat from pig – meat products’, ‘Meat from pig – meat products – ready‐to‐eat’, ‘Meat from pig – offal’, ‘Pig meat and products thereof’.
: ‘Bakery products’ include ‘Bakery products’, ‘Bakery products – cakes’, ‘Bakery products – cakes – containing heat‐treated cream’, ‘Bakery products – desserts – containing raw cream’, ‘Bakery products – desserts – containing raw eggs’.
: ‘Mixed food’ includes ‘Mixed food’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes – meat‐based dishes’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes – mushroom‐based dishes’.
: ‘Mixed food’ includes ‘Mixed food’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes’, ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes – unspecified’, ‘Sauce and dressings’, ‘Soups’.
: ‘Crustaceans, shellfish, molluscs and products thereof’ includes ‘Crustaceans, shellfish, molluscs and products thereof’, ‘Molluscan shellfish’.