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Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents, and Foodborne Outbreaks in 2014The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have presented the results of surveillance of zoonoses and foodborne outbreaks in 2014 across 32 European countries.Campylobacteriosis is the most commonly reported zoonosis, with 236,851 confirmed human cases in the European Union in 2014, and a significant increase since 2008. Chicken meat is the main source of human campylobacteriosis (38.4% of samples). The European trend of declining human salmonellosis cases since 2008 continues (88,715 cases). More human cases of Salmonella enteritidis were reported compared to 2013, and, although decreasing, the number of Salmonella Stanley cases remains high compared to 2011–2012. Most European Union member states have met their Salmonella reduction targets in poultry, but the number of Salmonella infantis isolates has increased at the European level. In foodstuffs, non-compliance with European Salmonella limits in poultry meat was rare and low, respectively.The downward trend in confirmed cases of Yersinia since 2008 has continued (the third most common zoonosis with 6,625 cases). Positive Yersinia findings were mainly reported in pork and pork products. The number of human listeriosis cases has continued to rise since 2008 (2,161 cases). In ready-to-eat meals, Listeria rarely exceeded European food safety limits. The number of human infections with verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) decreased slightly compared to 2013 (5,955 cases). VTEC has been reported in food and in animals. A total of 5,251 foodborne outbreaks, including waterborne outbreaks, were reported. Most foodborne outbreaks were caused by viruses (20.4%), followed by Salmonella (20%), bacterial toxins (16.1%), and Campylobacter (8.5%); the causative agent was unknown in 29.2% of outbreaks. The main food items implicated, excluding waterborne outbreaks, were eggs and egg products, followed by mixed foods, then crustaceans, shellfish, mollusks, and derived products. The report summarizes trends and sources in the food chain for diseases transmitted by Mycobacterium bovis (145 cases), Brucella (347 cases), Trichinella (319 cases), Echinococcus (801 cases), rabies virus (3 cases), Coxiella burneti (777 cases of Q fever), West Nile virus (77 cases), and Francisella tularensis (480 cases).