The trend in reported human cases of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli has also been increasing since 2008, and was further strengthened due to the outbreak in the summer of 2011.
Salmonella cases in humans have continued to fall, marking a decrease for the seventh consecutive year.
These are some of the main findings of the annual report on zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union for 2011, produced jointly by the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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