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This report provides an overview of the main findings of the 2020–2021 harmonised AMR monitoring in Salmonella spp., Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in humans and food-producing animals and relevant meat thereof.

Salmonellosis is the second most commonly reported gastrointestinal infection, and an important cause of food-borne outbreaks in the EU/EEA. In 2019, 89 066 laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis were reported, out of which 139 were fatal.

In 2018, 92 881 laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis were reported, out of which 121 were fatal.

In 2021, 30 EU/EEA countries reported data on salmonellosis. Twenty-six countries reported data using either the 2008, 2012 or 2018 EU case definitions for salmonellosis. Compared with the 2008 and 2012 EU case definitions, the 2018 EU case definition allows nucleic acid determination for laboratory confirmation, and includes a requirement for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and reporting of results. Four countries used another case definition, which was not specified.

This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring and surveillance activities carried out in 2021 in 27 MSs, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and nine non-MSs.

A cross-border outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka ST413 has been ongoing in the EU/EEA, Israel, and the UK since September 2021.

Salmonellosis is the second most commonly reported gastrointestinal infection, and an important cause of food-borne outbreaks in the EU/EEA.

On 17 February 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) reported a cluster of cases with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 34 infection. As of 18 May 2022, 324 cases had been reported in 12 EU/EEA countries and the UK, including two distinct strains.

On 17 February 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) reported a cluster of cases with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 34 infection. By 8 April 2022, 150 cases had been reported in nine EU/EEA countries and the UK. Most cases are below 10 years of age and many children have been hospitalised.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 3-9 April 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, the influx of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, seasonal influenza, hepatitis, monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium, MERS-CoV, chikungunya and dengue.