How safe is your food?
Source and number of outbreaks* in the European Union in 2022
- Mixed food: 93
- Eggs and egg products: 103
- Seafood: 69
- Chicken and product thereof: 21
- Milk and dairy products: 30
- Food of non-animal origin: 28
- Pork: 34
* Outbreaks refer to strong-evidence foodborne outbreaks.
The most common food-borne diseases in the European Union
Campylobacteriosis
| 2021 | 2022 | |
| Reported cases | 137 317 | 137 107 |
| Outbreaks | 249 | 255 |
Salmonellosis
| 2021 | 2022 | |
| Reported cases | 60 169 | 65 208 |
| Outbreaks | 773 | 1014 |
Yesinosis
| 2021 | 2022 | |
| Reported cases | 7 009 | 7 919 |
| Outbreaks | 21 | 14 |
Source: The European Union One Health 2022 Zoonoses Report. EFSA Journal, 21(12), e8442. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8442. Published by EFSA and ECDC on 12 December 2023. Data on case numbers come from the European Surveillance System (TESSy), data on foodborne outbreaks come from EFSA zoonoses database.