Biological Sciences Session 3

[B-O3-03] METHICILLIN RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus IN COOKED FOOD AND HANDS OF FOOD HANDLERS IN KLANG VALLEY, MALAYSIA (C000015)

*Noor Azira Abdul Mutalib^1,3, Kah Yuet Tiew², Wen Li Seow¹, Son Radu^2,3, Ainul Zakiah Abu Bakar¹ (1. Department of Food Service and Management, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 2. Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 3. Laboratory of Food Safety and Food Integrity, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.)

Keywords:Food safety, Staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcal food poisoning, antibiotic resistance, methicillin-resistant S. aureus