What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doing to monitor antibiotic resistance in foodborne bacteria?
To monitor antibiotic resistance, CDC, supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and in partnership with state and local health departments established the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria (NARMS) in 1996. This system detects emerging resistance and guides studies that evaluate where and how people become infected with resistant foodborne bacteria. For more information, see the NARMS website at www.cdc.gov/narms. CDC and state health departments investigate outbreaks caused by particular bacteria, and conduct other studies to better understand the circumstances under which they arise and spread. Why is antibiotic resistance a food safety problem? Antibiotic resistance is a food safety problem for several reasons. First, antibiotic resistance is increasing to some antibiotics, such as fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins. These antibiotics are commonly used to treat serious infections caused by bacterial pathogens frequen
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