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Objective  Antimicrobial resistance among the bacteria present in ready-to-eat foods like vegetable salads is an emerging concern today. The current study was undertaken to investigate the presence of multi-drug resistant extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing  E. coli  and  Salmonella  spp. in raw vegetable salads served at hotels and restaurants in Bharatpur. A total of 216 salad samples were collected from three different grades of hotels and restaurants and examined for the presence of  E. coli  and  Salmonella  spp. in Microbiology laboratory of Birendra Multiple Campus by conventional microbiological techniques.    Results  Out of 216 samples, 66 samples (35.2%) showed the presence of  Salmonella  spp. whereas  E. coli  was recovered from 29 (13.4%) samples of which 3 samples harbored  E. coli  O157: H7. Antibiotic susceptibility testing revealed that 9 (13.6%)  Salmonella  and 4 (13.8%)  E. coli  isolates were detected as multi-drug resistant. Total ESBL producers reported were 5 (7.57%)  Salmonella  and 4 (13.8%)  E. coli . The study also assessed a significant association between occurrence of  E. coli  and  Salmonella  with different grades of hotels and restaurants, personal hygiene and literacy rate of chefs and with the type of cleaning materials used to wash knives and chopping boards (p < 0.05). The findings suggest an immediate need of attention by the concerned authorities to prevent the emergence and transmission of food-borne pathogens and infections antimicrobial resistance among them.

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Multi-drug resistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing E. coli and Salmonella on raw vegetable salads served at hotels and restaurants in Bharatpur, Nepal