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This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2018 in 36 European countries (28 Member States (MS) and 8 non-MS).

Trichinellosis is a rare but serious disease in the EU/EEA. In 2016, 13 EU/EEA countries reported 101 confirmed cases.

Trichinellosis is a rare but serious disease in the EU/EEA. For 2017, 15 EU/EEA countries reported 224 cases of trichinellosis, of which 168 cases were confirmed.

Cases of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis have remained stable over the past five years, although listeriosis is on the rise. In 2017, there was an average of 100 food- and waterborne outbreaks per week.

This report is based on data for 2015 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 15 November 2016. TESSy is a system for the collection, analysis and dissemination of data on communicable diseases. EU Member States and EEA countries contribute to the system by uploading their infectious disease surveillance data at regular intervals [1].

In 2014, 320 confirmed cases of trichinellosis were reported in 28 EU/EEA countries.