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ACTION: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the comment period for the SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:01 Oct 03, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 revised draft guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues,’’ that appeared in the Federal Register of August 12, 2016. We are taking this action in response to requests to extend the comment period to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments. We are extending the comment period on the draft guidance published August 12, 2016 (81 FR 53486). Submit either electronic or written comments by December 12, 2016. DATES: ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows: E:\FR\FM\04OCN1.SGM 04OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 4, 2016 / Notices Electronic Submissions Submit electronic comments in the following way: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)]
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[Pages 68434-68435]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-23931]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-D-0376]


Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and 
Related Issues; Revised Draft Guidance for Industry; Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the 
comment period for the revised draft guidance for industry entitled 
``Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related 
Issues,'' that appeared in the Federal Register of August 12, 2016. We 
are taking this action in response to requests to extend the comment 
period to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.

DATES: We are extending the comment period on the draft guidance 
published August 12, 2016 (81 FR 53486). Submit either electronic or 
written comments by December 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:

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Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of 
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2011-D-0376 for ``Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient 
Notifications and Related Issues; Revised Draft Guidance for 
Industry.'' Received comments will be placed in the docket and, except 
for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable 
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Division of Dockets Management 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. If you do not 
wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available, 
you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body 
of your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: https://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cara Welch, Office of Dietary 
Supplement Programs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-
810), Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 
20740, 240-402-2333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of August 12, 2016, 
we published a notice announcing the availability of a revised draft 
guidance for industry entitled ``Dietary Supplements: New Dietary 
Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.'' The revised draft 
guidance, when finalized, will help industry in evaluating whether to 
submit a premarket safety notification for a new dietary ingredient 
(NDI), or for a dietary supplement containing an NDI, and in preparing 
such premarket safety notifications (also referred to as NDI 
notifications). section III of the notice (81 FR 53486 at 53489), 
``Other Issues for Consideration,'' listed specific issues to be 
addressed.
    The notice provided a 60-day period for the submission of comments 
pertaining to the revised draft guidance, including in particular (but 
not limited to) section III. Comments on these issues, the revised 
draft guidance, and the relevant portions of the 2011 draft guidance, 
will contribute to our final guidance on new dietary ingredient 
notifications and related issues. The comment period was scheduled to 
end on October 11, 2016.
    We received requests for 30- and 90-day extensions of the comment 
period. In general, the requests conveyed concern that the current 60-
day comment period does not allow sufficient time for interested 
parties to develop a meaningful or thoughtful response to the draft 
guidance. Some requests mentioned that the requests for comment may 
necessitate indepth research and/or require supporting data to provide 
meaningful responses.
    We considered the requests and are extending the comment period for 
the draft guidance for 60 days until December 12, 2016. We believe that 
this extension allows adequate time for interested persons to submit 
comments without significantly delaying finalizing the guidance.

    Dated: September 28, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-23931 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am]
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