The aims were: 1) to assess the level of contamination of MRSA in foods analyzed for the detection ofS. aureus according to national official control programs andregional monitoring activities; and 2) to evaluate the occurrence ofMRSA strains in wild species collected by the National ReferenceCenter for Wild Animal Diseases (Ce.R.M.A.S.); and 3) to characterize MRSA isolates by using staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing, spa typing, PVL encoding gene detection, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing