PAR-20-124 NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Enhance and Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory Abstract The Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory (MASPHL) is requesting funding from PAR-20-124 NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Enhance and Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens in order to contribute to the understanding of the burden of antibiotic resistant pathogens in retail meats in the food supply. MA SPHL is committed to producing the highest quality results from the testing performed at the lab and are using methods accredited to the ISO 17025 standard (or equivalent), thereby assuring of the quality of the results generated.