87 FR 16 pgs. 3754-3755 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 16Pages: 3754 - 3755
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-01343 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 3754, 3755

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 19, 2022.


[top] The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are page 3755 requested regarding whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Comments regarding this information collection received by February 24, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Title: Laboratories.

OMB Control Number: 0583-0158.

Summary of Collection: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of the Secretary as provided in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et. seq. ), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et. seq. ), and the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq. ). These statues mandate that FSIS protect the public by verifying that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. FSIS will use one form to collect information to help assess laboratories participating in the Accredited Laboratory program to ensure they meet the required standards.

Need and Use of the Information: Any non-federal laboratory that is applying for the FSIS Accredited Laboratory program will need to complete an Application for FSIS Accredited Laboratory Program 10,110-2 form. State or private laboratories need only submit the application once for entry into the program. FSIS uses the information collected by the form to help assess the laboratory applying for admission to the FSIS Accredited Laboratory program.

Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 2.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 1.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Title: Records to be Kept by Official Establishments and Retail Stores that Grind Raw Beef Products.

OMB Control Number: 0583-0165.

Summary of Collection: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of the Secretary as provided in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et. seq. ). These statues mandate that FSIS protect the public by verifying that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged.

FSIS requires that all grinders or choppers of raw beef products, beef manufacturing trimmings, or trimmings fabricated at retail intended for use in raw ground or chopped beef products, including retail facilities, are persons required by FMIA to keep records which will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their business subject to the Act. If not doing so already, these businesses must maintain records that disclose the identity and supplier of all materials used in the preparation of each lot of raw ground or chopped beef product.

Need and Use of the Information: FSIS requires that all establishments and retail stores that grind or chop beef products are required to keep these records. These records provide critical information about how, when, and where raw ground or chopped beef product was prepared, shipped, received, stored, and handled, which are essential to illness outbreak investigations, recalls, and other agency public health activities conducted by FSIS.

In addition, FSIS requires that specific information be kept in the required records and that retail stores maintain store-designed systems that allow them to link individual packages of raw ground or chopped beef products prepared and sold by them to the required records. The required records must include the following information:

1. Name, point of contact (name, title, email, and facsimile number) telephone number, and establishment number of the Federal, State, or foreign establishment supplying the raw source material,

2. Supplier lot numbers and production dates for each raw source material used; and,

3. The names of the supplied materials.

Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 65,911.

Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping: Weekly, Annually; Monthly.

Total Burden Hours: 1,658,650.

Ruth Brown,

Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 2022-01343 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]

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