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making. In addition, FSIS revised the
guideline to include information on
prerequisite programs, including how
they can fit into the HACCP system.
Furthermore, since issuance of the
most recent version of the guideline in
2010, there have been several outbreaks
associated with consumption of raw
poultry products, including chicken
parts and comminuted (including
ground) turkey products. In 2011, there
were two Salmonella outbreaks
associated with ground turkey products
(specifically, turkey burgers and ground
turkey) that resulted in a total of 148
illnesses and 40 hospitalizations. In
2012 and 2013–2014, there were two
Salmonella outbreaks associated with
consumption of chicken parts that
together resulted in over 700 illnesses
and over 270 hospitalizations. Also in
2013, a Salmonella outbreak resulted
from consumption of mechanically
separated turkey that was sent to an
institutional facility. This outbreak
resulted in 9 illnesses and 2
hospitalizations.
In addition, in 2015, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
investigated two separate outbreaks of
Salmonella enteritidis infections
attributed to raw, heat treated, stuffed
chicken products resulted in 20
illnesses (15 from one outbreak, and five
from the other outbreak). The
implicated products were labeled with
instructions identifying that the product
was uncooked (raw) and included
cooking instructions for preparation.
Some case-patients reported following
the cooking instructions on the label
and using a food thermometer to
confirm that the recommended
temperature was achieved.
FSIS analyzed practices of
establishments that manufactured
product associated with these outbreaks
and found problems with sanitation,
intervention use, and the validation of
cooking instructions at some or all of
these establishments. FSIS considered
these problems and is providing
recommendations in the revised
guideline specific to these issues.
Pre-harvest contamination can affect
the level of Salmonella and
Campylobacter on FSIS-regulated
products. FSIS has updated the preharvest information in the guideline
based on recently published
information. In addition, in response to
a recommendation made by the U.S.
Government Accountability Office,1
FSIS updated the guideline to include
known information on the effectiveness
of pre-harvest practices. To further
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inform best practice guidance and to
inform other Agency activities, FSIS
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industry and other interested parties
regarding pre-harvest pathogen control
strategies, including information on the
effectiveness of pre-harvest strategies in
reducing pathogen levels in poultry
presented for slaughter.
The recently proposed pathogen
reduction performance standards 2 for
raw chicken parts and NRTE
comminuted chicken and turkey are
based on meeting certain Healthy
People 2020 (HP2020) goals—
specifically, the HP2020 goal to reduce
human illnesses from Salmonella by 25
percent and Campylobacter by 33
percent 3 by the year 2020. This
guideline can assist establishments in
meeting these (and existing poultry
carcass) performance standards, thereby
resulting in a reduction in human
illnesses.
FSIS encourages establishments to
follow this guideline. This guideline
represents FSIS’s current thinking, and
FSIS will update it as necessary to
reflect comments received and any
additional information that becomes
available.
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2015.
Alfred V. Almanza,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Summer Food
Service Program
AGENCY:
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on the
Agency’s proposed information
collection for the Summer Food Service
Program. This collection is a revision of
SUMMARY:
2 80
FR 3940; Jan. 16, 2015.
3 Because the prevalence for NRTE comminuted
turkey is especially low, the highest practical
reduction for this product was estimated to be 19
percent. Therefore, for this one pathogen-product
pair, NRTE comminuted turkey and Campylobacter,
FSIS proposed a reduction less than its stated goal.
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a currently approved information
collection.
Written comments must be
received on or before February 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Agency’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the proposed
information collection burden,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) 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 Lynn
Rodgers-Kuperman, Program Monitoring
Branch, Program Monitoring and
Operational Support Division, Child
Nutrition Programs, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.
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 responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
DATES:
(OMB) approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Lynn RodgersKuperman, Program Monitoring Branch,
Program Monitoring and Operational
Support Division, Child Nutrition
Programs, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, VA 22302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Collection for the
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
OMB Number: 0584–0280.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: SFSP is authorized under
section 13 of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42
U.S.C. 1761). The SFSP is directed
toward children in low-income areas
when school is not in session and is
operated locally by approved sponsors.
Local sponsors may include public or
private non-profit school food
authorities (SFAs), public or private
non-profit residential summer camps,
units of local, municipal, county or
State governments, or other private nonprofit organizations that develop a
special summer program and provide
meal service similar to that available to
children during the school year under
the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP) and the School Breakfast
Program (SBP).
Est. number
of respondents
Affected public
Number of
responses per
respondent
This is a revision of a currently
approved collection. It revises reporting
burden as a result of an increase in
participating sponsors. Current OMB
inventory for this collection includes
Reporting and Recordkeeping burden
and that consists of 175,391 hours. The
reporting burden was slightly increased
from 139,989 to 150,646 and Record
keeping burden was increased from
35,402 to 43,758. This collection is
requesting a total increase of 19, 012
burden hours. FNS 418 is no longer a
part of this collection as it has been
listed under a separate collection (0584–
0594). The average burden per response
and the annual burden hours for
reporting and recordkeeping are
explained below and summarized in the
charts which follow.
Affected Public: State Agencies,
Camps and Other Sites and Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
106,621.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 7.35195.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
783,872.
Estimate Time per Response:
0.248005.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
194,403.
Current OMB Inventory: 175,391.
Difference (Burden Revisions
Requested): 19,012.
Refer to the table below for estimated
total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
Total
annual
responses
Est. total
hours per
response
Est. total
burden
Reporting
State Agencies .....................................................................
Sponsors ..............................................................................
Camps and Other Sites .......................................................
Households ..........................................................................
53
5,317
662
100,589
418
3
1
2
22,154
14,726
662
201,178
0.704
4.037
.25
.375
15,595
59,444
166
75,442
Total Estimated Reporting Burden ...............................
106,621
2.23895
238,720
.631058
150,646
Recordkeeping
State Agencies .....................................................................
Sponsors ..............................................................................
Camps and Other Sites .......................................................
53
5,317
662
141
101
1
7,473
537,017
662
.080
.08
.300
598
42,961
199
Total Estimated Record keeping Burden .....................
6,032
90.37666
545,152
0.080267
43,758
Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Reporting ..............................................................................
Recordkeeping .....................................................................
106,621
6,032
2.238959
90.37666
238,720
545,152
.631058
.0802672
150,646
43,758
Total ..............................................................................
106,621
7.35195
783,872
.248005
194,403
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Dated: December 8, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
The types of foods the Department
expects to make available to States for
distribution through TEFAP in FY 2016
are described below.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Emergency Food Assistance Program;
Availability of Foods for Fiscal Year
2016
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
surplus and purchased foods that the
Department expects to make available
for donation to States for use in
providing nutrition assistance to the
needy under The Emergency Food
Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal
Year (FY) 2016. The foods made
available under this notice must, at the
discretion of the State, be distributed to
eligible recipient agencies (ERAs) for
use in preparing meals and/or for
distribution to households for home
consumption.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: October 1, 2015.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeramia Garcia, Policy Branch, Food
Distribution Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302–1594; or
telephone (703) 305–2662.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In accordance with the provisions set
forth in the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983 (EFAA), 7 U.S.C. 7501, et
seq., and Section 27 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2036, the
Department makes foods available to
States for use in providing nutrition
assistance to those in need through
TEFAP. In accordance with section 214
of the EFAA, 7 U.S.C. 7515, 60 percent
of each State’s share of TEFAP foods is
based on the number of people with
incomes below the poverty level within
the State and 40 percent on the number
of unemployed persons within the State.
State officials are responsible for
establishing the network through which
the foods will be used by ERAs in
providing nutrition assistance to those
in need, and for allocating foods among
those ERAs. States have full discretion
in determining the amount of foods that
will be made available to ERAs for use
in preparing meals and/or for
distribution to households for home
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Surplus Foods
Surplus foods donated for distribution
under TEFAP are Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) foods purchased
under the authority of section 416 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949, 7 U.S.C. 1431
(section 416) and foods purchased
under the surplus removal authority of
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935,
7 U.S.C. 612c (section 32). The types of
foods typically purchased under section
416 include dairy, grains, oils, and
peanut products. The types of foods
purchased under section 32 include
meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, dry
beans, juices, and fruits.
Approximately $195.7 million in
surplus foods acquired in FY 2015 are
being delivered to States in FY 2016.
These foods include applesauce,
cranberry sauce, dried cranberries,
cranberry juice, orange juice, apple
juice, apples, cherries, raisins, chicken
leg quarters, lamb, and salmon. Other
surplus foods may be made available to
TEFAP throughout the year. The
Department would like to point out that
food acquisitions are based on changing
agricultural market conditions;
therefore, the availability of foods is
subject to change.
Purchased Foods
In accordance with section 27 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7
U.S.C. 2036, the Secretary is directed to
purchase an estimated $319.75 million
worth of foods in FY 2016 for
distribution through TEFAP. These
foods are made available to States in
addition to those surplus foods which
otherwise might be provided to States
for distribution under TEFAP.
For FY 2016, the Department
anticipates purchasing the following
foods for distribution through TEFAP:
Fresh and dehydrated potatoes, fresh
apples, fresh pears, frozen apple slices,
unsweetened applesauce, dried plums,
raisins, frozen ground beef, frozen
whole chicken, frozen ham, frozen
catfish, frozen turkey roast, lima beans,
black-eye beans, garbanzo beans, great
northern beans, light red kidney beans,
pinto beans, lentils, egg mix, shell eggs,
peanut butter, roasted peanuts, low-fat
cheese, one percent ultra high
temperature fluid milk, vegetable oil,
low-fat bakery flour mix, egg noodles,
white and yellow corn grits, whole grain
oats, macaroni, spaghetti, whole grain
rotini, whole grain spaghetti, whole
grain macaroni, white and brown rice,
corn flakes, wheat bran flakes, oat
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cereal, rice cereal, corn cereal, corn and
rice cereal, and shredded whole wheat
cereal; the following canned items: Low
sodium blackeye beans, low sodium
green beans, low sodium light red
kidney beans, low sodium refried beans,
low sodium vegetarian beans, low
sodium carrots, low sodium cream corn,
no salt added whole kernel corn, low
sodium peas, low sodium sliced
potatoes, no salt added pumpkin,
reduced sodium cream of chicken soup,
reduced sodium cream of mushroom
soup, low sodium tomato soup, low
sodium vegetable soup, low sodium
spaghetti sauce, low sodium spinach,
sweet potatoes with extra light syrup, no
salt added diced tomatoes, low sodium
tomato sauce, kosher and halal tomato
sauce, low sodium mixed vegetables,
unsweetened applesauce, apricots with
extra light syrup, mixed fruit with extra
light syrup, cling peaches with extra
light syrup, pears with extra light syrup,
beef, beef stew, chicken, pork, salmon
and kosher salmon, and tuna; and the
following bottled juices: Unsweetened
apple juice, unsweetened cherry apple
juice, unsweetened cran-apple juice,
unsweetened grape juice, unsweetened
grapefruit juice, unsweetened orange
juice, and unsweetened tomato juice.
The amounts of each item purchased
will depend on the prices the
Department must pay, as well as the
quantity of each item requested by the
States. Changes in agricultural market
conditions may result in the availability
of additional types of foods or the nonavailability of one or more types listed
above.
Dated: December 8, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Summer Food Service Program
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 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 the Agency's proposed information collection for the Summer Food
Service Program. This collection is a revision of
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a currently approved information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 16,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the proposed
information collection burden, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman, Program Monitoring
Branch, Program Monitoring and Operational Support Division, Child
Nutrition Programs, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.
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 responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All
comments will also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Lynn
Rodgers-Kuperman, Program Monitoring Branch, Program Monitoring and
Operational Support Division, Child Nutrition Programs, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Collection for the Summer Food Service Program
(SFSP).
OMB Number: 0584-0280.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: SFSP is authorized under section 13 of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1761). The SFSP is
directed toward children in low-income areas when school is not in
session and is operated locally by approved sponsors. Local sponsors
may include public or private non-profit school food authorities
(SFAs), public or private non-profit residential summer camps, units of
local, municipal, county or State governments, or other private non-
profit organizations that develop a special summer program and provide
meal service similar to that available to children during the school
year under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School
Breakfast Program (SBP).
This is a revision of a currently approved collection. It revises
reporting burden as a result of an increase in participating sponsors.
Current OMB inventory for this collection includes Reporting and
Recordkeeping burden and that consists of 175,391 hours. The reporting
burden was slightly increased from 139,989 to 150,646 and Record
keeping burden was increased from 35,402 to 43,758. This collection is
requesting a total increase of 19, 012 burden hours. FNS 418 is no
longer a part of this collection as it has been listed under a separate
collection (0584-0594). The average burden per response and the annual
burden hours for reporting and recordkeeping are explained below and
summarized in the charts which follow.
Affected Public: State Agencies, Camps and Other Sites and
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 106,621.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 7.35195.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 783,872.
Estimate Time per Response: 0.248005.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 194,403.
Current OMB Inventory: 175,391.
Difference (Burden Revisions Requested): 19,012.
Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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Number of Est. total
Affected public Est. number of responses per Total annual hours per Est. total
respondents respondent responses response burden
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Reporting
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State Agencies.................. 53 418 22,154 0.704 15,595
Sponsors........................ 5,317 3 14,726 4.037 59,444
Camps and Other Sites........... 662 1 662 .25 166
Households...................... 100,589 2 201,178 .375 75,442
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Total Estimated Reporting 106,621 2.23895 238,720 .631058 150,646
Burden.....................
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Recordkeeping
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State Agencies.................. 53 141 7,473 .080 598
Sponsors........................ 5,317 101 537,017 .08 42,961
Camps and Other Sites........... 662 1 662 .300 199
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Total Estimated Record 6,032 90.37666 545,152 0.080267 43,758
keeping Burden.............
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Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Reporting....................... 106,621 2.238959 238,720 .631058 150,646
Recordkeeping................... 6,032 90.37666 545,152 .0802672 43,758
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Total....................... 106,621 7.35195 783,872 .248005 194,403
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Dated: December 8, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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