To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #28-706-29 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Agreement #28-706-29 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health), a nonprofit corporation, to pay County an amount not to exceed $141,065 for participation in the California Emerging Infections Program (EIP) Retail Foods Project to study food borne bacteria for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in an amount not to exceed $141,065 in funding by Food and Drug Administration Grant for the EIP through the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health). (No County match required)
BACKGROUND:
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for Enteric Bacteria was established in 1996 to monitor bacterial resistance, specifically, the resistance among Salmonella and other enteric bacteria. The 17 participating state health departments forward every tenth human Salmonella isolate to Center for Disease Control (CDC) for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
The CDC is requesting that additional EIP sites participate in the study of foodborne bacteria. Such bacteria is not uncommon and often is associated with the use of antimicrobial agents in food animals, especially in retail food. This study will assist in generating a database that may be utilized to augment the development of intervention programs to stem the high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in the meal and poultry food supply. The goal of the study is to determine the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli and enterococci isolated from a sample of chicken, ground ...
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