The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published their annual report on zoonoses (diseases capable of being transmitted by a vector between animals and humans) and foodborne outbreaks in the European Union for 2010. The report shows that Salmonella cases in humans fell by almost 9 percent in 2010, marking a decrease for the sixth consecutive year. Salmonella prevalence in poultry is also clearly declining at the EU level.
Campylobacteriosis remains the most reported zoonotic infection in humans since 2005, and the number of cases has been increasing over the last five years. The report supports the European Commission and EU member states in their consideration of possible measures to protect consumers from risks related to zoonoses.