NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to strengthen antibiotic resistance surveillance in retail food specimens. The purpose of this program is to protect and promote public health by enhancing, strengthening, and sustaining antibiotic resistance monitoring within the NARMS program. The program aims to improve the detection of antibiotic resistance among bacteria in food commodities and expand to new sites to increase the scope of sampling. • The program will focus on enhancing antibiotic resistance monitoring in retail food specimens. • The program will improve the detection of antibiotic resistance among bacteria in food commodities. • The program will expand to new sites to increase the scope of sampling. • The program will have measurable outcomes in alignment with the NARMS Objectives.