Detection and molecular characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusisolated from raw meat in the retail market

•MRSA isolates from retail meat were diverse, comprising 5 sequence types (STs) and 8 spatypes.•A newly described MRSA sequence type (ST4034-t899) was detected in a pork meat sample.•This is the first report of MRSA ST692-t8646 outside the Asian continent.•Specific kinds of meat appear to be a possible source of MRSA, although the risk to humans is hard to define.