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We characterised 227  Staphylococcus aureus  isolates from retail food and food handlers’ gloves samples obtained through food surveillance and risk assessment studies between 2011 and 2014. Of 227 isolates, five (2.2%) were methicillin-resistant and belonged to sequence types ST80 ( n  = 3) and ST6 ( n  = 2). All five isolates belonged to SCC mec  type IV, were Panton-Valentine leukocidin  (pvl) -negative and staphylococcal enterotoxin genes-positive. Resistance to azithromycin was found in ST80 isolates, in addition to resistance to beta-lactams. Our finding of two clinically relevant methicillin-resistant  S. aureus  (MRSA) strains (ST80 and ST6) in ready-to-eat food and food contact surfaces at retail in Singapore suggests food and food contact surfaces as potential environmental sources of MRSA in the community.

Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in retail food in Singapore