[Food-poisoning bacterial contamination on food: a comparison between European countries and Japan].

"Shokuhin no shokuchudokukin osenjittai chosa (The national survey of food-poisoning bacterial contamination on food)" has been performed annually in Japan since 1998. This surveillance is thought to be the useful baseline study of bacterial contamination on food in Japan. On the other hand, "The community summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union" published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the annual surveillance report about zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union based on the Directive 2003/99/EC. The results of these annual surveillances in the EU and Japan were summarized for comparing the baseline of bacterial contamination on food between European countries and Japan.