20.06.2014

The number of Danes who contracted a Salmonella infection reached a historic low level in 2013. More than half of those infected became ill during a trip abroad. For the third year in a row no salmonella cases were linked to Danish broiler meat. These are some of the findings presented in the annual report on the occurrence of diseases that can be transmitted from animals and food to humans. The report was prepared by the Zoonosis Centre at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, in cooperation with Statens Serum Institut, one of Denmark's largest research institutions in the health sector, and the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.
According to an annual report, 1,136 infections were contracted in Denmark, the lowest number since efforts were started to combat Salmonella in the 1990s. and is equivalent to 20.3 infected cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
According to the 2013 source account no cases of salmonella were attributed to Danish broiler meat. Travel to Turkey has resulted in almost a third (31%) of infections above Thailand 13%, and Egypt 8%.
With 3,766 cases registered in 2013, Campylobacter still causes the most cases of foodborne bacterial illnesses in Denmark.