Table 66.
Top‐10 pathogen/food vehicle pairs causing the highest number of hospitalisations in strong‐evidence outbreaks in reporting EU MSs, 2021
| 2021 (a) | 2017–2020 (b) | Evaluation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank (c) | Causative agent | Food vehicle | Hospitalisations (N) | Reporting MSs (N hospitalisations) | Rank (c) | Hospitalisations (N/year) (range) (d) | Reporting MSs (N/year) (d) | 2021 vs 2017–2020 (e) |
| 1 | Salmonella | Mixed foods (f) | 82 | Denmark (30), Slovakia (25), Spain (10), Germany (4), Finland (4), Poland (3), Italy (3), Belgium (2), Malta (1) | 2 | 100.5 (11–198) | 7.8 | – |
| 2 | Salmonella | Eggs and egg products (g) | 79 | France (24), Spain (22), Poland (18), Denmark (12), Hungary (2), Lithuania (1) | 1 | 251.5 (46–382) | 10.0 | ↓↓ |
| 3 | Salmonella | Vegetables and juices and other products thereof (h) | 75 | Germany (30), Denmark (19), Belgium (17), Austria (7), Finland (2) | 35 | 7.0 (2–12) | 3.0 | ↑↑ |
| 4 | Salmonella | Bakery products (i) | 48 | Poland (35), Slovakia (4), Romania (3), Italy (3), Czechia (2), Spain (1) | 3 | 90.5 (21–148) | 3.3 | ↓ |
| 5 | Salmonella | Pig meat and products thereof (j) | 44 | Germany (22), France (18), Italy (4) | 6 | 54.5 (22–94) | 7.8 | – |
| 6 | E. coli other than STEC | Vegetables and juices and other products thereof (k) | 35 | Denmark (24), France (11) | – | – | – | NA |
| 7 | Salmonella | Buffet meals | 33 | Lithuania (23), Austria (10) | 4 | 63.8 (3–168) | 2.0 | ↓ |
| 8 | Norovirus (and other calicivirus) | Mixed foods (l) | 32 | Portugal (24), Italy (7), Belgium (1) | 65 | 2.3 (0–6) | 1.0 | ↑↑ |
| 8 | Campylobacter | Broiler meat (Gallus gallus) and products thereof (m) | 32 | Denmark (29), Spain (3) | 61 | 2.8 (1–8) | 1.3 | ↑↑ |
| 9 | Campylobacter | Mixed foods (n) | 25 | Spain (17), Slovakia (4), Finland (2), Poland (2) | 67 | 2.0 (0–3) | 1.5 | ↑↑ |
NA: Not available.
: 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%.
: ‘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 ‘Alfalfa sprouts’, ‘Melons (except watermelon)’, ‘Vegetables – pre‐cut’, ‘Vegetables and juices and other 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’.
: ‘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’.
: ‘Vegetables and juices and other products thereof’ include ‘Spring onion’, ‘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’
: ‘Broiler meat (Gallus gallus) and products thereof’ include ‘Broiler meat (Gallus gallus) and products thereof’, ‘Meat from broilers (Gallus gallus)’.
: ‘Mixed food’ includes ‘Foodstuffs intended for special nutritional uses – other food for infants and children’, ‘Mixed food’.