Resistance surveillance must extend to the slaughter point

A study published on 9 September places antimicrobial resistance at the slaughter point in focus beyond the usual list of classical pathogens. Researchers in Brazil examined rectal swabs from 100 pigs slaughtered in the country’s southeast. They recovered 53 Klebsiella isolates, 47 of which were Klebsiella pneumoniae. The work does not establish a specific product risk or a foodborne outbreak; it does, however, document a reservoir of bacteria and resistance determinants relevant to One Health at slaughter.