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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Food – Raw meat

12/2019 to 6/2020 2022 2023 1/2024 to 2/2024
Total number of samples tested 851* 643* 347* 74*
Number of samples positive for extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae / Number of samples tested for ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae 679/851 (79.8%) 119/199 (59.8%) 70/101 (69.3%) 27/74 (36.5%)
Number of samples positive for meropenem-resistant organisms / Number of samples tested for meropenem-resistant organisms 98/851 (11.5%) 129/643 (20.1%) 75/347 (21.6%) 19/74 (25.7%)
Number of samples positive for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus / Number of samples tested for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus 0/851 (0%) 1/643 (0.2%) 0/347 (0.0%) 0/74 (0.0%)
Total number of samples positive for at least one of the above resistant organisms 682 (80.1%) 206 (32.0%) 121 (34.0%) 34 (45.9%)

*Samples included raw beef, chicken and pork



Breakdown of antimicrobial resistance
Type of resistant organism isolated* 12/2019 to 6/2020 2022 2023 1/2024 to 2/2024
ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli 656 100 64 28
Klebsiella species 219 21 4 2
Others 40 36 22 4
Total 915 157 90 34
Meropenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli 67 124 85 18
Klebsiella species 14 16 4 2
Others 6 7 2 0
Total 87 147 91 20
Meropenem-resistant Acinetobacter species Acinetobacter baumanii 1 2 0 0
Others 3 0 0 0
Total 4 2 0 0
Meropenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa 15 1 0 0
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus 0 1 0 0

*One sample may yield more than one type of organism.