FSIS Laboratory Sampling Data - NARMS Cecal Sampling
Published by Food Safety and Inspection Service
About this dataset
The data products are the sampling results from FSIS’ National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Cecal sampling program. Data for sampling results from NARMS Product sampling program is currently posted on the FSIS Website and are grouped by commodity (https://www.fsis.usda.gov/science-data/data-sets-visualizations/laboratory-sampling-data). The antimicrobials and bacteria tested under NARMS are selected are based on their importance to human health and use in food-producing animals (FDA Guidance for Industry # 152 (https://www.fda.gov/media/69949/download)). Cecal contents from cattle, swine, chicken, and turkeys were sampled as part of FSIS’s routine NARMS cecal sampling program for major species.