# Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens (93.876)

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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $15.4 million in 24 grants, about $643,709 per award.

## Objectives

The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) is a U.S. public health surveillance system that tracks antibiotic resistance in enteric bacteria from humans, retail meats, and food animals. When antimicrobial drugs are used in food-producing animals, they can enrich for populations of resistant strains that reach humans via the food supply. The chief goal of the NARMS retail food surveillance program is to improve the detection of and surveillance for antimicrobial resistance among enteric bacteria in raw retail food commodities, particularly fresh retail meat.
The NARMS program is looking to collaborate with institutions or organizations to enhance and strengthen antibiotic resistance surveillance in retail food specimens. Partnering with the NARMS retail food surveillance program will enable the collection of critical data for FDA policy and regulatory actions including but not limited to pre-approval safety evaluation of new animal antibiotics, determining parameters for the antimicrobial use in veterinary medicine, and the ability to provide information to promote interventions to reduce resistance among foodborne bacteria. This collaboration will address NARMS programmatic needs to implement effective surveillance and response for antibiotic resistance as recommended in the National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB).

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3.2 million | 23 |
| 2022 | $3.7 million | 23 |
| 2023 | $4.3 million | 24 |
| 2024 | $4.3 million | 24 |
| 2025 | $0 | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of California, Davis | California | $1.5 million |
| Georgia Department of Agriculture | Georgia | $750,220 |
| The Ohio State University | Ohio | $744,000 |
| South Dakota State University | South Dakota | $744,000 |
| Texas Tech University System | Texas | $740,132 |
| Kansas State University | Kansas | $727,970 |
| Tennessee Department of Health | Tennessee | $725,081 |
| Iowa State University of Science and Technology | Iowa | $719,000 |
| State of New Mexico | New Mexico | $668,269 |
| Maryland Department of Health | Maryland | $667,751 |
| North Carolina State University | North Carolina | $652,881 |
| Department of Public Health Connecticut | Connecticut | $651,329 |
| Oregon Health Authority-Public Health | Oregon | $644,012 |
| Washington State Department of Health | Washington | $638,494 |
| South Carolina Department of Public Health | South Carolina | $637,773 |
| Minnesota Department of Agriculture | Minnesota | $632,000 |
| Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services | Missouri | $600,052 |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health | Pennsylvania | $589,995 |
| Health Research, Inc. | New York | $575,584 |
| Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. | California | $560,771 |