Report: Salmonella Cases in EU No Longer Declining
Last week, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released data from a jointly produced report revealing that cases of Salmonella Enteritidis acquired in the EU have increased in humans by 3 percent since 2014. Also since then, EU has seen an increase in the bacteria in laying eggs, too, with prevalence increasing from 0.7 percent to 1.21 percent.
There were 94,530 human cases of salmonellosis reported in the EU in 2016. S.Enteritidis – the most widespread type of Salmonella, accounted for 59% of all salmonellosis cases originating in the EU and is mostly associated with the consumption of eggs, egg products and poultry meat.