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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Food – Raw meat

 

Year (September to August)

Raw meat

Nature

Samples

CPE

ESBL-E

Number

%

Number

%

2018-2019

Pork

Fresh

81

33

40.7

155

80.7

Chilled

111

3

2.7

2019-2020

Chicken

Fresh

36

17

47.2

35

97.2

Chilled

288

16

5.6

170

59.0

2020-2021

Beef

Fresh

36

11

2.8

28

77.8

Chilled

252

11

0.4

9

3.6

2021-2022 Nil

-

-

-

-

-

-

2022-2023 Nil

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Abbreviations:

-  CPE: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

-  ESBL-E: Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

 1NDM-producing Escherichia coli