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This study investigated 63 S. aureus isolates recovered from poultry products, meat cuts, and processed or ready-to-eat foods for their resistance to selected disinfectants [benzalkonium chloride (BC), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), triclosan (TCS)] and heavy metals [zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), mercury (Hg), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), cobalt (Co)]. The isolates from processed and ready-to-eat foods exhibited significantly higher resistance scores to antibiotics, disinfectants, and heavy metals compared to those from meat and poultry (P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.001). Notably, 45% of isolates from processed foods were resistant to 8 out of 10 tested agents, and enterotoxigenic isolates displayed significantly elevated resistance profiles across all tested agent classes (antibiotics, heavy metals, disinfectants) (U\u00a0=\u00a099.0, P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.001). 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