Latest European Zoonosis Report

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) publish a report annually which details the trends and associated sources of foodborne illness reported in 32 European countries (specifically, 28 member states and four non-member states). The 2015 report named ‘The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonosis, zoonotic agents and foodborne outbreaks’, was recently published and here are some of the findings for 2015:3818792104?profile=original

  • Campylobacter continued to be the most common cause of bacterial food poisoning in the European Union with 229,213 confirmed cases.
  • 26 member states reported a total of 4,362 foodborne outbreaks, including waterborne outbreaks.
  • Overall, these outbreaks caused 45,874 cases of illness, 3,892 hospitalisations and 17 deaths.
  • Most foodborne outbreaks reported were caused by bacterial agents (33.7% of all outbreaks), in particular Salmonella (21.8% of all outbreaks) and Campylobacter (8.9% of all outbreaks).
  • Bacterial toxins ranked second amongst the causative agents in foodborne and waterborne outbreaks and were reported in 19.5% of the total outbreaks.
  • Viruses accounted for 9.2% of total outbreaks.
  • Parasites and other agents, in particular histamine, were reported in less than 3% of the outbreaks.

For more information, please visit: https://www.efsa. europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4634

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  • Hi Bob,

    Thanks for letting us know. We have corrected the hyperlink now!

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