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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Request for Assistance for Child Victims of Human Trafficking .....................
80
1
1
80
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 80.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
Email address: infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments 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; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0973]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Animal Feed
Network (Pet Event Tracking Network
and LivestockNet)—State, Federal
Cooperation To Prevent Spread of Pet
Food and Animal Feed Related
Diseases
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
SUMMARY:
Fax written comments on the
collection of information by March 27,
2014.
DATES:
To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the
OMB control number 0910–0680. Also
include the FDA docket number found
in brackets in the heading of this
document.
ADDRESSES:
FDA
PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food
and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard
Dr., PI50–400B, Rockville, MD 20850,
PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Pet Event Tracking Network—State,
Federal Cooperation To Prevent Spread
of Pet Food Related Diseases—and
Livestock.Net; OMB Control Number
0910–0680—Revision
On August 1, 2011, the Pet Event
Tracking Network (PETNet) was
launched by FDA and its partners in the
Partnership for Food Protection (PFP).
PETNet is a secure, Web-based network
that allows information to be exchanged
more freely and efficiently between FDA
and other Federal and State regulatory
Agencies. PETNet allows the exchange
of information about pet food related
incidents, such as illness associated
with the consumption of pet food or pet
food product defects. PETNet is only
accessible by government employees
with membership rights, and each
member has equal access to the data in
the system. At its launch, the system
had over 200 members representing 4
Federal Agencies, all 50 States, and 3
U.S. territories. Using the shared
information, State and Federal Agencies
can work together to quickly determine
if regulatory actions are needed to
prevent or quickly limit adverse effects
associated with pet food products.
Since its launch, PETNet has seen
increased usage among members. Two
years following the launch of the
system, there have been reports entered
by two Federal Agencies and multiple
states. Approximately 60 percent of the
entries are from Federal Agency
members and 40 percent by State
Agency members. The majority of
entries in PETNet are associated with
dog food products, followed by cat food
products, products affecting species
‘‘other’’ than those available in the dropdown menu choices, and small mammal
products. As familiarity with PETNet
has increased, there has been increased
usage and entries from members.
PETNet was originally developed for
pet animals only, but after its initial
launch in 2011, there have been ongoing
requests to expand the system to
include livestock animals, aquaculture
species, and horses. Such an early alert
system does not currently exist to share
information related to illness associated
with consumption of adulterated food or
product defects for these species.
LivestockNet has been developed to
serve as a similar early alert system for
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feed-related illness and product defects
associated with feed for livestock
animals, aquaculture species, and
horses.
LivestockNet and PETNet will be
Web-based portals with the same
functionality, but the questions asked
for each portal will be specific for each.
Users of the individual portals are
expected to be the same officials from
Federal, State, and Territorial Agencies.
Because of the similarity of the portals
and the intended audience for both, the
two individual portals will be housed in
an overall system titled the Animal Feed
Network. PETNet and LivestockNet will
be able to be accessed individually in
the Animal Feed Network, once the user
logs in to the system.
Use of the Animal Feed Network,
including the reporting of incidents by
non-FDA members, will continue to be
voluntary. The Animal Feed Network is
a Web-based system, based in a
proprietary system using CORESHIELD
technology, and will be accessible only
to members via password. PETNet and
LivestockNet will make use of
standardized electronic forms that have
been custom developed for the
individual portals. The two forms share
the following common data elements,
the majority of which are drop down
menu choices: Product details (name of
feed, lot code, product form, and the
manufacturer or distributor/packer (if
known)), the species affected, number of
animals exposed to the product, number
of animals affected, body systems
affected, product problem/defect, date
of onset or the date product problem
was detected, the State where the
incident occurred, the origin of the
information, whether there are
supporting laboratory results, and
contact information for the reporting
member (i.e., name, telephone number
will be captured automatically when
member logs in to the system). For the
LivestockNet form, additional data
elements specific to livestock animals
will be captured: Product details
(indication of whether the feed is a
medicated feed, product packaging, and
intended purpose of the feed), class of
the animal species affected, and
production loss. For PETNet, the only
additional data field is the animal life
stage. The form would be filled out and
submitted by a member in the specified
portal of the Animal Feed Network.
Once the entry is submitted, it will be
available to other members. Thus, the
information will be entered and
received by Animal Feed Network
members in as close to real time as
possible. FDA and the PFP have
designed the form itself to contain only
the essential information necessary to
alert Animal Feed Network members
about animal feed and pet food-related
incidents.
In the Federal Register of August 26,
2013 (78 FR 52774), FDA published a
60-day notice requesting public
comment on the proposed collection of
information. Although four comments
were received, none were responsive to
the four collection of information topics
solicited and therefore will not be
discussed in this document.
FDA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED REPORTING BURDEN 1
Number of
respondents
21 U.S.C. Section
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Average burden
per response
Total hours
21 U.S.C. 342, 21 U.S.C. 343, Section 1002(b) of the
FDA Amendments Act of 2007/PETNet.
Ibid./LivestockNet portal ................................................
20
5
100
0.25 (15 minutes)
25
20
5
100
0.25 (15 minutes)
25
Total Hours .............................................................
........................
........................
........................
..............................
50
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1 There
are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
FDA estimates that each member will
report to the Animal Feed Network (i.e.,
fill out the PETNet or LivestockNet form
to alert other members about a pet food
or animal food-related incident,
respectively) approximately five times
per year for each portal. This estimate
represents the maximum number of
reports that FDA expects will be
submitted in a year, and in many cases
the number of reports submitted by a
member will probably be far less. FDA
believes that, given the PETNet form has
15 items and the LivestockNet form has
19 items, with most being drop down
fields and not all fields being required
for submission, 15 minutes is a
sufficient amount of time to complete
the form. State regulatory officials
responsible for animal feed and pet food
already possess computer systems and
have the Internet access necessary to
participate in the Animal Feed Network,
and thus there are no capital
expenditures associated with the
reporting.
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Regarding recordkeeping, State
regulatory officials who report in the
Animal Feed Network receive the
reportable information from consumers
in their States in the course of their
customary and regular duties. Further,
these individuals already maintain
records of such consumer complaints in
the course of their duties which are
sufficient for the purposes of reporting
in the PETNet and LivestockNet portals
of the Animal Feed Network. Therefore,
FDA believes that the proposed
collection of information does not have
additional recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: February 20, 2014.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
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Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Current Good
Manufacturing Practice in
Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, or
Holding Operations for Dietary
Supplements
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0973]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Animal Feed Network
(Pet Event Tracking Network and LivestockNet)--State, Federal
Cooperation To Prevent Spread of Pet Food and Animal Feed Related
Diseases
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by March
27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer,
FAX: 202-395-7285, or emailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0680.
Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA PRA Staff, Office of Operations,
Food and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., PI50-400B, Rockville,
MD 20850, PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
Pet Event Tracking Network--State, Federal Cooperation To Prevent
Spread of Pet Food Related Diseases--and Livestock.Net; OMB Control
Number 0910-0680--Revision
On August 1, 2011, the Pet Event Tracking Network (PETNet) was
launched by FDA and its partners in the Partnership for Food Protection
(PFP). PETNet is a secure, Web-based network that allows information to
be exchanged more freely and efficiently between FDA and other Federal
and State regulatory Agencies. PETNet allows the exchange of
information about pet food related incidents, such as illness
associated with the consumption of pet food or pet food product
defects. PETNet is only accessible by government employees with
membership rights, and each member has equal access to the data in the
system. At its launch, the system had over 200 members representing 4
Federal Agencies, all 50 States, and 3 U.S. territories. Using the
shared information, State and Federal Agencies can work together to
quickly determine if regulatory actions are needed to prevent or
quickly limit adverse effects associated with pet food products.
Since its launch, PETNet has seen increased usage among members.
Two years following the launch of the system, there have been reports
entered by two Federal Agencies and multiple states. Approximately 60
percent of the entries are from Federal Agency members and 40 percent
by State Agency members. The majority of entries in PETNet are
associated with dog food products, followed by cat food products,
products affecting species ``other'' than those available in the drop-
down menu choices, and small mammal products. As familiarity with
PETNet has increased, there has been increased usage and entries from
members.
PETNet was originally developed for pet animals only, but after its
initial launch in 2011, there have been ongoing requests to expand the
system to include livestock animals, aquaculture species, and horses.
Such an early alert system does not currently exist to share
information related to illness associated with consumption of
adulterated food or product defects for these species. LivestockNet has
been developed to serve as a similar early alert system for
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feed-related illness and product defects associated with feed for
livestock animals, aquaculture species, and horses.
LivestockNet and PETNet will be Web-based portals with the same
functionality, but the questions asked for each portal will be specific
for each. Users of the individual portals are expected to be the same
officials from Federal, State, and Territorial Agencies. Because of the
similarity of the portals and the intended audience for both, the two
individual portals will be housed in an overall system titled the
Animal Feed Network. PETNet and LivestockNet will be able to be
accessed individually in the Animal Feed Network, once the user logs in
to the system.
Use of the Animal Feed Network, including the reporting of
incidents by non-FDA members, will continue to be voluntary. The Animal
Feed Network is a Web-based system, based in a proprietary system using
CORESHIELD technology, and will be accessible only to members via
password. PETNet and LivestockNet will make use of standardized
electronic forms that have been custom developed for the individual
portals. The two forms share the following common data elements, the
majority of which are drop down menu choices: Product details (name of
feed, lot code, product form, and the manufacturer or distributor/
packer (if known)), the species affected, number of animals exposed to
the product, number of animals affected, body systems affected, product
problem/defect, date of onset or the date product problem was detected,
the State where the incident occurred, the origin of the information,
whether there are supporting laboratory results, and contact
information for the reporting member (i.e., name, telephone number will
be captured automatically when member logs in to the system). For the
LivestockNet form, additional data elements specific to livestock
animals will be captured: Product details (indication of whether the
feed is a medicated feed, product packaging, and intended purpose of
the feed), class of the animal species affected, and production loss.
For PETNet, the only additional data field is the animal life stage.
The form would be filled out and submitted by a member in the specified
portal of the Animal Feed Network. Once the entry is submitted, it will
be available to other members. Thus, the information will be entered
and received by Animal Feed Network members in as close to real time as
possible. FDA and the PFP have designed the form itself to contain only
the essential information necessary to alert Animal Feed Network
members about animal feed and pet food-related incidents.
In the Federal Register of August 26, 2013 (78 FR 52774), FDA
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed
collection of information. Although four comments were received, none
were responsive to the four collection of information topics solicited
and therefore will not be discussed in this document.
FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
Table 1--Estimated Reporting Burden \1\
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Number of
21 U.S.C. Section Number of responses per Total annual Average burden per response Total hours
respondents respondent responses
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21 U.S.C. 342, 21 U.S.C. 343, Section 1002(b) 20 5 100 0.25 (15 minutes)....................... 25
of the FDA Amendments Act of 2007/PETNet.
Ibid./LivestockNet portal..................... 20 5 100 0.25 (15 minutes)....................... 25
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Total Hours............................... .............. .............. .............. ........................................ 50
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
FDA estimates that each member will report to the Animal Feed
Network (i.e., fill out the PETNet or LivestockNet form to alert other
members about a pet food or animal food-related incident, respectively)
approximately five times per year for each portal. This estimate
represents the maximum number of reports that FDA expects will be
submitted in a year, and in many cases the number of reports submitted
by a member will probably be far less. FDA believes that, given the
PETNet form has 15 items and the LivestockNet form has 19 items, with
most being drop down fields and not all fields being required for
submission, 15 minutes is a sufficient amount of time to complete the
form. State regulatory officials responsible for animal feed and pet
food already possess computer systems and have the Internet access
necessary to participate in the Animal Feed Network, and thus there are
no capital expenditures associated with the reporting.
Regarding recordkeeping, State regulatory officials who report in
the Animal Feed Network receive the reportable information from
consumers in their States in the course of their customary and regular
duties. Further, these individuals already maintain records of such
consumer complaints in the course of their duties which are sufficient
for the purposes of reporting in the PETNet and LivestockNet portals of
the Animal Feed Network. Therefore, FDA believes that the proposed
collection of information does not have additional recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: February 20, 2014.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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