NARMS 20th Anniversary Timeline
NARMS: National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
A collaborative program of state and local health departments, universities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, serving as a U.S. public health surveillance system that tracks antibiotic resistance in bacteria that are found in retail meats, human patients, and food-producing animals.
NARMS TIMELINE
1996
- NARMS formed at recommendation of FDA advisory committee
- Human component of NARMS launched with testing of non-Typhi Salmonella and E. coli O157
1997
- Animal monitoring component launched with testing of Salmonella
1998
- Animal monitoring component expanded to include Campylobacter
2000
- Animal monitoring component expanded to include testing of E. coli
2002
- Retail meat component of NARMS launched with testing of Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli and Enterococcus
2003
- NARMS expands testing nationwide for Salmonella and E. coli O157 in people
2005
- NARMS data help inform FDA regulatory decision to withdraw approval of the last fluoroquinolones drug approved for use in poultry
2011
- NARMS data helps solve Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak in ground turkey
2012
- NARMS data inform FDA decision to prohibit some uses of cephalosporins in food-producing animals
- NARMS expands Salmonella retail meat testing to: CA, CO, CT, GA, LA, MD, MN, MO, NM, NY, OR, PA, TN, WA
2012-2013
- NARMS data inform implementation of FDA guidances for industry #209 and #213 on the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals
2013
- Enhanced testing program in processing plants allows random, nationally representative testing of animals
2014
- NARMS starts using whole genome sequencing of Salmonella
2015
- NARMS Now launched, making isolate-level data available online
2016
- FDA's NARMS team wins U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Ventures Program Award to design public health surveillance mobile app
- CDC awards grants enabling every state to sequence all human isolates of Salmonella
- NARMS announces grant award to expand retail meat testing to 18 states