# Georgia: NARMS Retail Meat RFA- PAR-16-099 NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program

> **NIH FDA U01** · GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENTOF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $100,000

## Abstract

Georgia: NARMS Retail Meat RFA- PAR-16-099 NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program
Project Summary
Purpose: The chief goal of the NARMS food surveillance program is to improve the
detection of and surveillance for antimicrobial resistance among enteric bacteria in raw
retail meat commodities.
Strategy: The Georgia Public Health Laboratory (GPHL) will utilize an FDA sampling
protocol for procurement of food samples. GPHL will procure ground beef and pork
chops from five primary stores. Ten stores (5 primary and 5 secondary stores) will be
used for chicken and turkey product. Samples will be processed according to NARMS
protocols in the Georgia Public Health Laboratory. The GPHL will maintain product and
label information through digital images taken of all product packaging. We maintain
capacity to collect and report this information to our program partners through
standardized submission logs. GPHL will follow all project protocols as defined by the
program for isolation and identification. All isolates will be packaged according to
protocol and submitted to FDA NARMS. Any data provided by FDA will be examined for
trends and shared with partners such as the Georgia Department of Agriculture as
appropriate. Retail Food Study activities will be integrated into the laboratory and
epidemiology workflow. Coordination will occur through quarterly internal meetings,
along with ensuring both Epidemiology and Laboratory representation on all FDA
conference calls, including the epidemiology subgroup calls.
Outcome: The antimicrobial resistance data generated from this study will be used to
inform the Georgia Department of Public Health and Georgia Department of Agriculture
on the prevalence and susceptibility patterns of enteric pathogens in representative food
product at the state and national level.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9998929
- **Project number:** 5U01FD005788-05
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENTOF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Tonia Parrott
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $100,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9998929

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9998929, Georgia: NARMS Retail Meat RFA- PAR-16-099 NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program (5U01FD005788-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9998929. Licensed CC0.

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