Distance and destination of retail meat alter multidrug resistant contamination in the United States food system.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic-resistant infections are a global concern, especially those caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, defined as those resistant to more than three drug classes. The animal agriculture industry contributes to the antimicrobial resistant foodborne illness burden via contaminated retail meat. In the United States, retail meat is shipped across the country. Therefore, understanding geospatial factors that influence MDR bacterial contamination is vital to protect consumers and inform interventions. Using data available from the United States Food and Drug Administration's National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), we describe retail meat shipping distances using processor and retailer locations and investigated this distance as a risk factor for MDR bacteria me

SUBMITTER: Innes GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10687246 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature