# Enhanced Retail Meat Surveillance for the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System

> **NIH FDA U01** · NEW MEXICO STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $10,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
Background
 Antimicrobial resistance is a serious health threats. The use of antimicrobials in food animals
can lead to the development of drug resistance in bacteria which subsequently cause serious
infections in humans and livestock. Such infections, from resistant bacteria, are becoming
ubiquitous with some pathogens resistant to multiple types or classes of antibiotics. The loss of
effective antibiotics will undermine our ability to combat infections and to manage infection-
related complications among vulnerable patients.
 The New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory Division (SLD) has participated in
the Retail Meat Surveillance (RMS) since 2004, in collaboration with NM EIP Foodnet. Initially the
EIP Surveillance Officers conducted the monthly collection, purchase and delivery of meat
samples to the SLD, however, in August 2015 all RMS purchasing activities were transferred to
the SLD.
Objective
The goal of this study is to determine the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among
Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli and Enterococci isolated from retail samples of retail chicken,
ground turkey, ground beef and pork chops purchased from grocery stores in New Mexico. This
is a five year grant project.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9996352
- **Project number:** 5U01FD005797-05
- **Recipient organization:** NEW MEXICO STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Paul Torres
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $10,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9996352

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9996352, Enhanced Retail Meat Surveillance for the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (5U01FD005797-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9996352. Licensed CC0.

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