§ Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domerasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many cases there have been of salmonella, ecoli and listeria recorded in England and Wales over each of the past 10 years. [HL570]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)The following tables provide details of laboratory confirmed salmonella, verocytotoxin-producing e.coli O157, and listeria monocytogenes infections in humans in England and Wales 1993–2003.
Laboratory confirmed cases of Salmonella infection in humans—Faecal and unknown reports excluding S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi—England and Wales 1993–2003 Year S. Typhimurium S. Enteritidis Other Serotypes Total Salmonellas 1993 4,778 20,254 5,618 30,650 1994 5,522 17,371 7,518 30,411 1995 6,743 16,044 6,527 29,314 1996 5,542 18,256 5,185 28,983 1997 4,778 23,008 4,810 32,596 1998 3,039 16,397 4,292 23,728 1999 2,424 10,775 4,333 17,532 2000 2,651 8,468 3,725 14,844 2001* 2,085 10,755 3,625 16,465 2002* 1,886 9,733 3,119 14,738 2003** 13,775 * Provisional data ** Data to end of week 48, data breakdown by serotype unavailable. Source
Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.
Verocytotoxin—producing E. Coli 0157—Isolations from humans examined by the Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens—England and Wales 1993–2003. Year Total 1993 385 1994 411 1995 792 1996 660 1997 1,087 1998 890 1999 1,084 2000 898 2001* 768 2002* 595 2003** 613 * Provisional data. ** Data to end of week 48 Source
Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
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Laboratory confirmed isolates of Listeria monocytogenes from human cases of lirteriosis in England and Wales 1993–2003. Year Total cases 1993 107 1994 116 1995 91 1996 119 1997 127 1998 109
Laboratory confirmed isolates of Listeria monocytogenes from human cases of listeriosis in England and Wales 1993–1003. Year Total cases 1999 106 2000 100 2001 136 2002* 128 2003** 202 * Provisional data. ** Cases up to 18 December 2003. Source
Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
§ Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domerasked. Her Majesty's Government:
Of the cases of salmonella, e. coli and listeria recorded in each year since 1993, what percentage were found to be a result of: (a) on-farm practice: (b) processing practice; (c) home preparation; (d) catering establishment preparation; and (e) retail practices. [HL571]
§ Lord WarnerThis information is not available. The source of illness can generally be determined only when two or more cases are linked (an outbreak). The vast majority of cases of infection due to salmonella, e. coli and listeria do not occur as part of an outbreak and it is impossible to determine how they arose, or indeed whether they were food-borne.