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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2011 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Evaluation of the
Quantity and Quality of Nutritional
Information Available to School Food
Authorities About Food Service
Products and Commodities
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a new collection for
evaluation of the quantity and quality of
nutritional information available to
school food authorities about food
service products and commodities.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Alexandra
Lewin, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Room 500, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be
SUMMARY:
submitted via fax to the attention of
Alexandra Lewin at 703–305–1410 or
via e-mail to
Alexandra.lewin@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 500,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Alexandra Lewin
at 703–305–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Evaluation of the Quantity and
Quality of Nutritional Information
Available to School Food Authorities
about Food Service Products and
Commodities.
OMB Number: [0584–NEW].
Expiration Date: [Not Yet
Determined.]
Type of Request: [New Collection].
Abstract: The purpose of this
evaluation is to fulfill the requirements
of Section 242 of the Health, HungerFree Kids Act of 2010 (the Act). The Act
amended Section 9(a)(4) of the Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act,
42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(4), and requires the
Secretary to, not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of the Act, carry
out a study to analyze the quantity and
quality of nutritional information
available to school food authorities
about food service products and
commodities. In addition, the Secretary
must also submit to Congress a report on
the results of the study that contains
such legislative recommendations as the
Estimated
number
respondent
Respondent
Responses
annually per
respondent
Secretary considers necessary to ensure
that school food authorities have access
to the nutritional information needed
for menu planning and compliance
assessments within 1 year after
enactment of the Act.
To conduct this study, FNS will work
with our external partners, such as State
agencies and the School Nutrition
Association, to disseminate the survey
to school foodservice professionals. The
study will assess the quality and
quantity of nutrition information
available to school food authorities
(SFAs) during both the ordering and
delivery periods. The questions posed
in the study will help FNS better
understand purchasing decisions and
will ultimately allow FNS to make
recommendations to ensure SFAs can
effectively and efficiently obtain
accurate nutrition information needed
for purchasing the widest variety of
healthful foods, menu planning and
undertaking compliance assessments.
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Government. Respondent groups
identified include current school
foodservice professionals sampled from
across the United States.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Approximately 500 school foodservice
professionals will participate in the
benchmark survey as part of the study.
This is based on an estimated
completion rate with a previous FNS
survey conducted through the School
Nutrition Association’s membership list.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: The school foodservice
professionals will be asked to respond
to a survey once.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
500 (500 respondents × 1 response).
Estimated Time per Response: .25 (the
estimated time is approximately 15
minutes).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 5,000 minutes (125
hours). See the table below for estimated
total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
Total annual
responses
(col. b × c)
Estimated avg.
number of
hours per
response
Estimated total
hours
(col. d × e)
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Reporting Burden
School foodservice professionals ........................................
500
1.00
500.00
0.25
125
Total Reporting Burden ................................................
500
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500.00
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125
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2011 / Notices
Dated: March 14, 2011.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–6494 Filed 3–18–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2010–0029]
New Performance Standards for
Salmonella and Campylobacter in
Young Chicken and Turkey Slaughter
Establishments: Response to
Comments and Announcement of
Implementation Schedule
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) published a
Federal Register Notice on May 14,
2010 (75 FR 27288) in which it
announced the forthcoming
implementation of new performance
standards for the pathogenic microorganisms Salmonella and
Campylobacter for chilled carcasses in
young chicken (broiler) and turkey
slaughter establishments. The new
performance standards were developed
in response to a charge from the
President’s Food Safety Working Group
and based on recent FSIS Nationwide
Microbiological Baseline Data
Collection Programs. The standards will
be applied to sample sets collected and
analyzed by the Agency to evaluate
establishment performance with respect
to requirements of the Hazard Analysis
and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
Rule. The Agency received detailed
comments submitted in response to the
notice. This notice responds to those
comments submitted and explains the
changes adopted by the Agency after
carefully evaluating comments. These
changes include:
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SUMMARY:
1. Updated Salmonella and new
Campylobacter performance standards for
young chickens and turkeys will take effect
with Agency verification sample sets
scheduled for July 2011
2. All young chicken and turkey
establishments will move to the highest
scheduling priority due to the initiation of
Campylobacter testing for these product
classes
3. All sample sets scheduled for young
chicken and turkey establishments will be
analyzed for both Campylobacter and
Salmonella, and follow-up sample sets
responding to sample set failure for either
organism will be analyzed for both organisms
4. Effective with sample sets begun in July
2011, the new Salmonella standards will
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accept five positive samples in a 51-sample
set for young chickens and four positive
samples in a 56-sample set for turkeys
5. Effective July 2011 Salmonella
performance Categories 1 and 2 for young
chicken and turkey establishments, based on
the new performance standards, will be
applied exclusively for Agency internal
analysis and quarterly aggregate reporting
6. Web-posting of young chicken and
turkey establishments that fail the new
Salmonella standards (‘‘Category 3’’) for their
last set will begin as sample sets scheduled
for July 2011 are completed
7. Campylobacter performance standards
and sample set criteria for tracking and
reporting to establishments will be applied to
results from the smaller of the two laboratory
Campylobacter sample portions (1 mL),
which detects higher levels of contamination,
making the performance standards 10.4
percent for young chickens and 0.79 percent
for turkeys
8. Campylobacter sample set criteria for
tracking and reporting 1 mL results are eight
positive samples acceptable per 51-sample
set for young chickens and three positive
samples acceptable per 56-sample set for
turkeys
9. Campylobacter results from the larger of
the two laboratory Campylobacter sample
portions (30 mL for chickens, 24 mL for
turkeys), which detects lower levels of
contamination, will be used for Agency
internal analysis
10. Agency responses to Campylobacter
sample set results will follow current
Salmonella procedures for immediate followup testing for both organisms and for Food
Safety Assessments when necessary
11. Category 1/2/3 results will be posted in
quarterly aggregate reports for all
establishments producing raw products
subject to FSIS Salmonella testing, including
young chickens and turkeys under the new
standards
Docket: For access to background
documents, go to the FSIS Docket Room
at Room 2–2127, George Washington
Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue,
Mailstop 5474, Beltsville, MD 20705–
5474 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Engeljohn, PhD, Assistant
Administrator for Office of Policy and
Program Development, FSIS, USDA,
Room 349–E, Jamie Whitten Building,
14th and Independence, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3700; telephone
(202) 205–0495, fax (202) 720–2025;
daniel.engeljohn@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FSIS is the public health regulatory
agency in USDA that is responsible for
ensuring that the nation’s commercial
supply of meat, poultry, and processed
egg products is safe, wholesome, and
appropriately labeled and packaged.
FSIS is a participant in the President’s
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Food Safety Working Group (FSWG),
which was created by President Obama
in March 2009 to recommend
improvements to the U.S. food safety
system. The FSWG is chaired by
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
and Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. In July
2009, the FSWG published Key
Findings recommending a new, public
health-focused approach to food safety
based on three core principles:
Prioritizing prevention, strengthening
surveillance and enforcement, and
improving response and recovery.
The FSWG specifically charged FSIS
with ‘‘cutting Salmonella risk in Poultry
Products’’ by ‘‘develop[ing] new
standards to reduce the prevalence of
Salmonella in turkey and poultry’’ and
by ‘‘establish[ing] a Salmonella
verification program with the goal of
having 90 percent of poultry
establishments meeting the new
standards by the end of [calendar year]
2010.’’ (FSWG) These new Salmonella
standards are to be applied to sample
sets from establishments included in the
Agency’s Salmonella Verification
Program in the place of the performance
standards for young chickens (as
broilers) codified at 9 CFR 381.94 and
the standards for turkeys announced in
a Federal Register Notice of February
17, 2005. The Agency intends to issue
a proposed rule that would formally
rescind the codified standards that are
no longer in effect. In consultations with
the FSWG, the Agency committed to a
number of other food safety initiatives
to prevent illness, among them
developing a new performance standard
for Campylobacter for young chickens
and turkeys.
The Agency accordingly published a
Federal Register Notice on May 14,
2010 (75 FR 27288) in which it
announced the July 2010
implementation of new performance
standards for the pathogenic microorganisms Salmonella and
Campylobacter for chilled carcasses in
young chicken and turkey slaughter
establishments. The May 14, 2010
notice announced that FSIS had
developed such performance standards
and predicted the public health impact
that might result if, after two years of
implementation, these standards are met
by half of the establishments that would
not meet them at first. The new
performance standards for young
chickens and turkeys were informed by,
among other data sources, data collected
during the Agency’s recent Nationwide
Microbiological Baseline Data
Collection Programs: The Young
Chicken Baseline Survey (YCBS), and
the Young Turkey Baseline Survey
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Evaluation of the Quantity and Quality of Nutritional
Information Available to School Food Authorities About Food Service
Products and Commodities
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This collection is a new
collection for evaluation of the quantity and quality of nutritional
information available to school food authorities about food service
products and commodities.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Alexandra Lewin, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
500, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Alexandra Lewin at 703-305-1410 or via e-mail to
Alexandra.lewin@fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 500, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Alexandra
Lewin at 703-305-2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Evaluation of the Quantity and Quality of Nutritional
Information Available to School Food Authorities about Food Service
Products and Commodities.
OMB Number: [0584-NEW].
Expiration Date: [Not Yet Determined.]
Type of Request: [New Collection].
Abstract: The purpose of this evaluation is to fulfill the
requirements of Section 242 of the Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
(the Act). The Act amended Section 9(a)(4) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(4), and requires the
Secretary to, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the
Act, carry out a study to analyze the quantity and quality of
nutritional information available to school food authorities about food
service products and commodities. In addition, the Secretary must also
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study that contains
such legislative recommendations as the Secretary considers necessary
to ensure that school food authorities have access to the nutritional
information needed for menu planning and compliance assessments within
1 year after enactment of the Act.
To conduct this study, FNS will work with our external partners,
such as State agencies and the School Nutrition Association, to
disseminate the survey to school foodservice professionals. The study
will assess the quality and quantity of nutrition information available
to school food authorities (SFAs) during both the ordering and delivery
periods. The questions posed in the study will help FNS better
understand purchasing decisions and will ultimately allow FNS to make
recommendations to ensure SFAs can effectively and efficiently obtain
accurate nutrition information needed for purchasing the widest variety
of healthful foods, menu planning and undertaking compliance
assessments.
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government. Respondent
groups identified include current school foodservice professionals
sampled from across the United States.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 500 school
foodservice professionals will participate in the benchmark survey as
part of the study. This is based on an estimated completion rate with a
previous FNS survey conducted through the School Nutrition
Association's membership list.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: The school
foodservice professionals will be asked to respond to a survey once.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 500 (500 respondents x 1
response).
Estimated Time per Response: .25 (the estimated time is
approximately 15 minutes).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 5,000 minutes (125
hours). See the table below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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Estimated avg.
Estimated Responses Total annual number of Estimated
Respondent number annually per responses hours per total hours
respondent respondent (col. b x c) response (col. d x e)
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Reporting Burden
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School foodservice professionals 500 1.00 500.00 0.25 125
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Dated: March 14, 2011.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-6494 Filed 3-18-11; 8:45 am]
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