Table 67.
Top seven pathogen/food vehicle pairs causing the highest number of deaths in strong‐evidence outbreaks in reporting EU MSs, 2021
| 2021 (a) | 2017–2020 (b) | Evaluation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank (c) | Causative agent | Food vehicle | Deaths (N) | Reporting MSs (N deaths) | Rank (c) | Deaths (N/year) (range) (d) | Reporting MSs (N/year) (d) | 2021 vs. 2017–2020 (e) |
| 1 | Listeria monocytogenes | Fish and fish products (f) | 4 | Netherlands (4) | 2 | 2.0 (0–8) | 0.5 | ↑↑ |
| 2 | Clostridium perfringens toxins | Pig meat and products thereof | 3 | France (3) | 22 | 0.3 (0–1) | 0.3 | ↑↑ |
| 3 | Listeria monocytogenes | Meat and meat products, unspecified | 2 | Austria (2) | 1 | 2.5 (0–9) | 0.8 | – |
| 4 | Cronobacter sakazakii | Dairy products (other than cheese) | 1 | Germany (1) | – | – | – | NA |
| 4 | Norovirus (and other calicivirus) | Eggs and egg products | 1 | France (1) | – | – | – | NA |
| 4 | Salmonella | Mixed foods | 1 | Spain (1) | 12 | 0.5 (0–1) | 0.5 | ↑↑ |
| 4 | Bacterial toxins, unspecified |
Mixed foods (g) |
1 | France (1) | – | – | – | NA |
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%.
: ‘Fish and fish products’ include ‘Fish – smoked’.
: ‘Mixed food’ includes ‘Other processed food products and prepared dishes’.