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Which are the sources of the data provided in the infographics?

Data come from the European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2016, published by the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in 2017.

Data on case numbers come from the European Surveillance System (TESSy), data on outbreaks come from the EFSA zoonoses database.

Outbreaks data refer to strong-evidence food-born oubreaks and do not take into account the waterborne outbreaks. The most common food-borne diseases are based on data from 2015 and 2016.

How safe is your food?

Food safety is the core of the European Food Safety Authority’s work. Together with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, EFSA published the European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2016.

Explore data and find out how safe is your food.

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How safe is your food?

Check out source and number of outbreaks in the European Union in 2016.

MIXED FOOD
85
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EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS
72
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SEAFOOD
70
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CHICKEN AND TURKEY MEAT
58
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MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
45
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FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN
34
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PORK
18
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Outbreaks

DISEASES

How safe is your food?

Compare cases and outbreaks of the most common food-borne diseases in the European Union.

  • Campylobacteriosis Campylobacteriosis
    Campylobacteriosis
  • Salmonellosis Salmonellosis
    Salmonellosis
  • Listeriosis Listeriosis
    Listeriosis
CASES
OUTBREAKS
2015
232134
2016
232134
2015
232134
2016
246307
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