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

Category 12/2019 to 6/2020 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total number of samples tested 304 819 481 2,290 2,587
Number of samples positive for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales / Number of samples tested for ESBL-producing Enterobacterales 42/304 (13.8%) 29/300 (9.7%) 18/200 (9.0%) 165/1,892 (8.7%) 120/2184 (5.5%)
Number of samples positive for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales / Number of samples tested for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales 1/304 (0.3%) 8/496 (1.6%) 1/304 (0.3%) 2/2,043 (0.1%) 5/2333 (0.2%)
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%) 0/527 (0%)
Total number of samples positive for at least one of the above resistant organisms 43 38 19 166 125

Breakdown of antimicrobial resistance

Type of resistant organism isolated 12/2019 to 6/2020 2022 2023 2024 2025
ESBL-producing Enterobacterales Escherichia coli 6 2 1 22 24
Klebsiella species 6 2 3 63 25
Others 35 26 16 90 85
Total 47 30 20 175 134
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales Escherichia coli 0* 1 0 1 4
Klebsiella species 1* 1 0 0 0
Others 0* 6 1 1 1
Total 1* 8 1 2 5
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus 0 1 0 0 0
* Meropenem-resistant Enterobacterales
Note: One sample may yield more than one type of organism