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Salmonella and antibiotic residues found in meat in Vietnam

Over two-thirds of meat samples from Ho Chi Minh City were found to contain Salmonella bacteria, according to a study by the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU). Researchers purchased 117 samples of chicken meat, beef and pork from retail sites in 2016-2017; 68.4% of those samples were found to contain Salmonella bacteria.

Butchered pork meat hanging from hooks

The full story is available on the OUCRU website

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