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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Food – Ready-to-eat food

12/2019 to 6/2020 2022 2023 2024
Total number of samples tested 304 819 481 2,290
Number of samples positive for extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae / Number of samples tested for ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae 42/304 (13.8%) 29/300 (9.7%) 18/200 (9.0%) 165/1,892 (8.7%)
Number of samples positive for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae / Number of samples tested for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae 1/304 (0.3%) 8/496 (1.6%) 1/304 (0.3%) 2/2,043 (0.1%)
Number of samples positive for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus / Number of samples tested for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus 0/304 (0%) 1/719 (0.1%) 0/381 (0%) 0/572 (0%)
Total number of samples positive for at least one of the above resistant organisms 43 38 19 166


Breakdown of antimicrobial resistance
Type of resistant organism isolated 12/2019 to 6/2020 2022 2023 2024
ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli 6 2 1 22
Klebsiella species 6 2 3 63
Others 35 26 16 90
Total 47 30 20 175
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli 0* 1 0 1
Klebsiella species 1* 1 0 0
Others 0* 6 1 1
Total 1* 8 1 2
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus 0 1 0 0

*Meropenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Note: One sample may yield more than one type of organism