The number of food-borne outbreaks worldwide remains at a
very high level, despite the various studies performed in the field of
food safety followed by a number of preventive and control measures
that were recommended and implemented in the food industry,
the catering sector and food service (Havelaar et al., 2010).
During 2013, the European Food Safety Authority and the European
Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reported 5196 foodborne
and water-borne outbreaks with 43,183 human cases, 5946
hospitalisations and 11 deaths in the European Union (EU). Among
these, 22.2% of outbreaks were associated and/or occurred in restaurants,
cafes, pubs, bars and hotels (EFSA & ECDC, 2015). According
to the report of Serbian National Institute of Public Health,
there were 114 food-borne outbreaks with 948 human cases and no
deaths in Serbia during 2013 (NIPHS, 2014). Although this report
does not give an information on the number of outbreaks that
occurred in restaurants, pubs or cafes, media often reported cases
connected with the consumption of food in take-away places or
food prepared in catering services