Is it true that meat purchased from supermarkets contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
There have been recent reports of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in or on some meat but little is known about the extent of any such contamination. The National Integrated Surveillance System for Antimicrobial Resistance being developed by Health Canada’s Laboratory for Food-borne Zoonoses will monitor the development of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic pathogens. Information from these surveillance and research activities is crucial to dealing with the possible spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria to humans through the food supply.
