Poster(Biological Sciences 1)

[B-P1-03] MOLECULAR DETECTION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus AMONG FOOD HANDLERS’ HANDS AND IN COOKED FOOD (C000109)

*Wen-Li Seow¹, Nor Ainy Mahyudin^1,4, Syafinaz Amin-Nordin³, Son Radu^2,5, Noor Azira Abdul-Mutalib^1,4,5 (1. Department of Food Service and Management, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 2. Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 3. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 4. Halal Product Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 5. Laboratory of Food Safety and Food Integrity, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia)

Keywords:methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, foodborne, staphylococcal food poisoning, polymerase chain reaction, molecular, food safety