Table 1 Listeria monocytogenes in various food categories of Estonian origin in 2008e2010.
Sample Number of positive/total number of samples (positive %) 2008 2009 2010 Total
Fruit and vegetable based products 0/204 (0) 7/284 (2.5) 8/229 (3.5) 15/717 (2.1) Gravy 0/28 (0) 0/18 (0) 0/21 (0) 0/67 (0) Pastry products 4/357 (1.1) 0/138 (0) 11/168 (6.5) 15/663 (2.3) Crop products other than pastry
a
0/46 (0) 0/31 (0) 0/32 (0) 0/109 (0) RTE culinary products
b
6/1914 (0.3) 0/1254 (0) 7/1160 (0.6) 13/4328 (0.3) Mixed salads
c
63/187 (33.7) 21/227 (9.3) 18/136 (13.2) 102/550 (18.5) Raw fish (fresh and frozen) 7/67 (10.5) 12/106 (11.3) 9/144 (6.3) 28/317 (8.8) RTE fish products 24/626 (3.8) 25/662 (3.8) 63/787 (8.0) 112/2075 (5.4) Raw milk 11/48 (22.9) 4/14 (28.6) 4/43 (9.3) 19/105 (18.1) RTE milk products 4/1904 (0.2) 1/1427 (0.1) 8/1570 (0.5) 13/4901 (0.3) Raw meat and raw meat products (fresh) 55/278 (19.8) 16/147 (10.9) 27/100 (27) 98/525 (18.7) RTE meat products 42/2606 (1.6) 66/2206 (3.0) 27/1934 (1.4) 135/6746 (2.0) RTE meals from retail outlets 1/195 (0.5) 0/131 (0) 3/145 (2.1) 4/471 (0.8) Total 217/8460 (2.6) 152/6645 (2.3) 185/6469 (2.9) 554/21,574 (2.6)
a
b
c
Grain products.
RTE food products made in grocery stores and containing various foodstuffs.
Raw salads which contain different fruits and vegetables.