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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	August 18, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Agreement #28-706-16 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/18/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Daniel Peddycord 313-6712
cc:	J Pigg N RIOS

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 18, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Agreement #28-706-16 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc., a nonprofit organization, in an amount up to $22,466 in funding, to support the Emerging Infections Program - Retail Foods Project for the period from January 1, 2015 through July 31, 2015.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Agreement will result in up to $22,466 in funding by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Grant for the Emerging Infections Program through the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (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 CDC for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The CDC is requesting that additional Emerging Infections Program (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 anti-microbial resistance among Salmonella, Campylobacter, E.coli and enterococci isolated from a sample of chicken, ground turkey, ground beef and pork chops purchased from selected grocery stores in the catchment area of the California EIP FoodNet site. This will include samples collected from Contra Costa, Alameda and San Francisco County retail grocery stores.

Approval of this Agreement #28-706-16 will allow continuous funding to support the Emerging Infections Program - Retail Foods Project, through July 31, 2015. This Agreement includes mutual indemnification.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this amendment is not approved, The County will not receive additional funding to continue provide ser-vices for the Emerging Infections Program - Retail Foods Project.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

NOT APPLICABLE