date:Jun 30, 2014
Scientists from the School of Biology from the Australian National University took 281 samples around Canberra from three major supermarkets and a butcher, ABC News reports.
Two thirds of the samples found with the common bacteria E.coli were found to be resistant to some form of antibiotic.
Four samples were found to be resistant to fluoroquinolone antibiotics, which are banned from use in Australian food-producing animals.
Researchers Belinda Vangchhia and Professor David Gordon from the AN