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the way the acceptable ranges are
calculated to align with international
standards for evaluating method
performance. Tables 1–5 compare the
current acceptable ranges with the
revised ranges based on the proposed
method. The actual ranges may differ
slightly from the listed ones, because
results from the certification of
reference materials would be included
in determining the ranges. The proposed
change will require greater accuracy
from the test kits. Test kit manufacturers
and other interested parties are
encouraged to review the additional
technical information, which serves as
the basis for these changes at https://
www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/
media/technical-doc-frn-ams-fgis-200061.pdf.
TABLE 5—ZEARALENONE
Acceptable range
(ppb)
Zearalenone
(ppb)
Current
20 ................................
100 ..............................
250 ..............................
1000 ............................
Proposed
....................
50–150
150–350
600–1400
14–26
69–130
180–320
780–1200
Number of Readers
Mycotoxin concentrations are
determined by an electronic instrument,
often referred to as a ‘‘reader’’ by test kit
manufacturers and users. AMS has
observed variation in test results during
side-by-side comparisons of identical
reader models. Therefore, AMS
proposes to use three separate readers
during the evaluation process.
Test Kit Manufacturer Analysts
TABLE 1—AFLATOXINS
Acceptable range
(ppb)
Aflatoxins
(ppb)
Current
5.0 ...............................
20 ................................
100 ..............................
300 ..............................
Proposed
2.5–7.5
12–28
68–130
200–400
3.5–6.5
14–26
69–130
220–380
AMS proposes to update the criteria
documents to allow up to two analysts
from the test kit manufacturer to
participate in the performance
verification study conducted at the AMS
facility. Participation by the test kit
manufacturer promotes transparency
and trust in the program.
both naturally contaminated grain and
artificially contaminated commodities.
Update Criteria Issuance and
Conformance
AMS proposes to issue the updated
performance criteria within six months
after the end of the comment period.
Test kit submissions received more than
one year after issuing the new criteria
would be required to meet the new
performance criteria to earn a certificate
of conformance. During the transition
year, manufacturers could choose to
submit under the old or new criteria.
However, certificates of conformance
granted under the old performance
criteria would expire after one year. In
contrast, those granted under the new
performance criteria would expire after
three years. The expiration dates for
existing certificates of conformance
would not be affected.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k; 7 US C 1621–
1627
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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TABLE 2—DEOXYNIVALENOL
Deoxynivalenol
(ppm)
Acceptable range
(ppm)
Current
0.50 .............................
2.0 ...............................
5.0 ...............................
30 ................................
Proposed
0.30–0.70
1.5–2.5
4.0–6.0
24–36
0.38–0.62
1.6–2.4
4.1–5.9
26–34
TABLE 3—FUMONISINS
Acceptable range
(ppm)
Fumonisins
(ppm)
Current
0.50 .............................
2.0 ...............................
5.0 ...............................
30 ................................
100 ..............................
Proposed
0.32–0.68
1.4–2.6
3.7–6.3
22–38
74–130
0.38–0.62
1.6–2.4
4.1–5.9
26–34
89–110
TABLE 4—OCHRATOXIN A
Ochratoxin A
(ppb)
Acceptable range
(ppb)
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Current
1.0 ...............................
5.0 ...............................
20 ................................
100 ..............................
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3.0–7.0
12–28
60–140
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0.69–1.3
3.5–6.5
14–26
69–130
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Each mycotoxin has one or two
primary grains, which must be included
in the scope of the test kit. AMS
identifies a primary grain based on the
known occurrence of the mycotoxin and
the frequency of official testing requests.
Table 6 shows the list of primary grains
by mycotoxin.
TABLE 6—LIST OF PRIMARY GRAINS
BY MYCOTOXIN
Mycotoxin ..................
Aflatoxins ...................
Deoxynivalenol ..........
Fumonisins ................
Ochratoxin A .............
Zearalenone ..............
Primary Grain(s)
Corn
Corn and Wheat
Corn
Wheat
Corn
Any other commodities for which a
manufacturer seeks test kit approval are
referred to as ‘‘additional commodities.’’
AMS requires the use of naturally
contaminated samples to evaluate test
kit accuracy for the primary grain, but
allows artificial fortification through the
addition of standard solutions for
additional commodity samples. A
standard solution is a known amount of
the mycotoxin dissolved in a solvent.
AMS proposes to require that the
extraction method used for the primary
grain(s) be the same extraction method
used for additional commodities. This
change would provide evidence that the
method can generate accurate results for
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Generic Clearance
for the Special Nutrition Programs
Quick Response Surveys (SNP QRS)
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 revision of a
currently approved collection to
conduct short, quick-turnaround
surveys of State and local agencies
providing food, education, and other
services in the Child Nutrition and
Supplemental Nutrition and Safety
Programs administered at the federal
level by the Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS). These programs include the
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and
Children; National School Lunch
Program; School Breakfast Program;
Special Milk Program; Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Program; Summer Food
Service Program; Child and Adult Care
Food Program; USDA Foods in Schools;
SUMMARY:
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Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations; The Emergency Food
Assistance Program; and the Commodity
Supplemental Food Program.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted via email to amy.rosenthal@
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 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 Amy Rosenthal at
703–305–2017 or amy.rosenthal@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Special Nutrition Programs Quick
Response Surveys (SNP QRS).
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584–0613.
Expiration Date: 2/28/21.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) intends to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a generic
clearance that will allow FNS to
conduct short, quick-turnaround
surveys of State, local, and Tribal
agencies and businesses that receive
food, funds, and nutrition information
through the Child Nutrition and
Supplemental Nutrition and Safety
Programs.
These programs include the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for
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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
National School Lunch Program (NSLP);
School Breakfast Program (SBP); Special
Milk Program; Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Program (FFVP); Summer Food Service
Program (SFSP); Child and Adult Care
Food Program (CACFP); USDA Foods in
Schools; Food Distribution Program on
Indian Reservations (FDPIR); The
Emergency Food Assistance Program
(TEFAP); and the Commodity
Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of
2010 (Pub. L. 111–296, Sec. 305)
mandates programs under its
authorization to cooperate with USDA
program research and evaluation
activities. Traditionally, FNS conducts
large, program-specific studies to collect
information on numerous features of
each program. Such studies often take
several years to complete. Quick
response surveys provide a system for
rapidly collecting current information
on a specific feature or issue, and,
therefore, enable FNS to administer the
programs more effectively.
The data collection activities under
this clearance will include: (1) An
annual sample frame data collection and
(2) quick-response surveys. The annual
sample frame data collection will
request contact information from the
States for the local agencies within their
purview. The quick-response survey
data collections will be used to survey
key administrators of the SNP at the
State, local, and site level to answer
policy and implementation questions.
Following standard OMB
requirements, FNS will submit a change
request to OMB for each data collection
activity undertaken under this generic
clearance. The respondents will be
identified at the time that each change
request is submitted to OMB. FNS will
provide OMB with the instruments and
supporting materials describing the
research project and specific pre-testing
activities.
This revision makes minor changes to
the information collection as originally
approved. The USDA Foods in Schools
program is included as a separate
program, and minor updates to the
sample sizes reflect the most recent
estimates of the number of State, Local
and Tribal agencies and businesses
involved in the programs and the
distribution of local-level providers
between government agencies and
businesses. The type of information to
be collected, the methods of collection,
and the frequency of collection will
remain the same; however, we have
removed references to reminder emails
from the burden table. The estimated
number of total responses has decreased
from 83,582 (250,745 over three years)
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to 36,515 (109,545 over three years), and
the total burden hours estimate has
decreased from 11,508 (34,523 hours
over three years) to 10,288 (30,864 hours
over 3 years).
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Governments and Businesses.
State, Local and Tribal government
respondents will include: (1) State
Program Directors, including WIC State
Agency directors and nutrition
education and breastfeeding
coordinators, directors of the Child
Nutrition programs (NSLP, SBP, FFVP,
SFSP, CACFP), directors of State
Distributing Agencies (CSFP, TEFAP,
USDA Foods in Schools), and FDPIR
State Agencies and Indian Tribal
Organizations; and (2) local-level
program administrators, including Local
WIC Agencies and Sites, School Food
Authorities (SFAs), Schools, SFSP
Sponsors and Sites, USDA Foods in
Schools Local Agencies and Providers,
TEFAP Eligible Recipient Agencies
(ERAs) and Emergency Food
Organizations (EFOs), and CSFP Local
Agencies. Business respondents will
include not-for-profit local WIC Sites,
not-for-profit SFSP Sponsors and Sites,
for-profit and not-for-profit CACFP
Sponsors and Providers, not-for-profit
TEFAP ERAs and EFOs, and not-forprofit CSFP Local Agenices.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of annual
respondents is 35,999. This includes all
State Program Directors (516 total) and
a sample of local-level program
administrators from local government
agencies (17,203 total) and businesses
(18,280 total). The total number of
respondents includes 7,097 local
program administrators from both local
agencies (3,441 total) and businesses
(3,656 total) whom FNS expects will not
respond to the QRS survey request.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: Once per year, each State
agency responsible for a program will be
asked to provide contact information for
their respective local agencies as part of
the sample frame data collection. State
agencies will also be asked to complete
up to one survey per year for each
program it oversees. Local agencies and
businesses will be asked to complete up
to one survey per year for each program
they operate. FNS estimates that
respondents will average 1.02 responses
per year (29,418 responses/28,902
respondents), with non-respondents
averaging one response per year. Across
all participants (respondents and nonrespondents combined) the estimated
average number of responses per year is
approximately 1.01 (36,515 responses/
35,999 total respondents).
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Estimated Total Annual Responses:
The estimated total annual responses is
36,515, for a total of 109,545 responses
over all three years.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time of response ranges from
20 minutes (.33 hours) to 1 hour for
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respondents and 1 minute (.02 hours)
for non-respondents, depending on the
data collection activity, as shown in the
table below. The average estimated time
across all responses is approximately 17
minutes (0.28 hours).
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: The estimated total
annual burden is 10,288 hours, for a
total of 30,864 over all three years. See
the table below for estimated total
annual burden for each type of
respondent.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Generic Clearance for the Special Nutrition Programs
Quick Response Surveys (SNP QRS)
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 revision
of a currently approved collection to conduct short, quick-turnaround
surveys of State and local agencies providing food, education, and
other services in the Child Nutrition and Supplemental Nutrition and
Safety Programs administered at the federal level by the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS). These programs include the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children;
National School Lunch Program; School Breakfast Program; Special Milk
Program; Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; Summer Food Service
Program; Child and Adult Care Food Program; USDA Foods in Schools;
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Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations; The Emergency Food
Assistance Program; and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 16,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted via email to
[email protected]. 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 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 Amy
Rosenthal at 703-305-2017 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Title: Generic Clearance for the Special Nutrition Programs Quick
Response Surveys (SNP QRS).
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584-0613.
Expiration Date: 2/28/21.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) intends to request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic
clearance that will allow FNS to conduct short, quick-turnaround
surveys of State, local, and Tribal agencies and businesses that
receive food, funds, and nutrition information through the Child
Nutrition and Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs.
These programs include the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); National School Lunch Program
(NSLP); School Breakfast Program (SBP); Special Milk Program; Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP); Summer Food Service Program (SFSP);
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP); USDA Foods in Schools; Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR); The Emergency Food
Assistance Program (TEFAP); and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program
(CSFP).
The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-296, Sec.
305) mandates programs under its authorization to cooperate with USDA
program research and evaluation activities. Traditionally, FNS conducts
large, program-specific studies to collect information on numerous
features of each program. Such studies often take several years to
complete. Quick response surveys provide a system for rapidly
collecting current information on a specific feature or issue, and,
therefore, enable FNS to administer the programs more effectively.
The data collection activities under this clearance will include:
(1) An annual sample frame data collection and (2) quick-response
surveys. The annual sample frame data collection will request contact
information from the States for the local agencies within their
purview. The quick-response survey data collections will be used to
survey key administrators of the SNP at the State, local, and site
level to answer policy and implementation questions.
Following standard OMB requirements, FNS will submit a change
request to OMB for each data collection activity undertaken under this
generic clearance. The respondents will be identified at the time that
each change request is submitted to OMB. FNS will provide OMB with the
instruments and supporting materials describing the research project
and specific pre-testing activities.
This revision makes minor changes to the information collection as
originally approved. The USDA Foods in Schools program is included as a
separate program, and minor updates to the sample sizes reflect the
most recent estimates of the number of State, Local and Tribal agencies
and businesses involved in the programs and the distribution of local-
level providers between government agencies and businesses. The type of
information to be collected, the methods of collection, and the
frequency of collection will remain the same; however, we have removed
references to reminder emails from the burden table. The estimated
number of total responses has decreased from 83,582 (250,745 over three
years) to 36,515 (109,545 over three years), and the total burden hours
estimate has decreased from 11,508 (34,523 hours over three years) to
10,288 (30,864 hours over 3 years).
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments and
Businesses. State, Local and Tribal government respondents will
include: (1) State Program Directors, including WIC State Agency
directors and nutrition education and breastfeeding coordinators,
directors of the Child Nutrition programs (NSLP, SBP, FFVP, SFSP,
CACFP), directors of State Distributing Agencies (CSFP, TEFAP, USDA
Foods in Schools), and FDPIR State Agencies and Indian Tribal
Organizations; and (2) local-level program administrators, including
Local WIC Agencies and Sites, School Food Authorities (SFAs), Schools,
SFSP Sponsors and Sites, USDA Foods in Schools Local Agencies and
Providers, TEFAP Eligible Recipient Agencies (ERAs) and Emergency Food
Organizations (EFOs), and CSFP Local Agencies. Business respondents
will include not-for-profit local WIC Sites, not-for-profit SFSP
Sponsors and Sites, for-profit and not-for-profit CACFP Sponsors and
Providers, not-for-profit TEFAP ERAs and EFOs, and not-for-profit CSFP
Local Agenices.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
annual respondents is 35,999. This includes all State Program Directors
(516 total) and a sample of local-level program administrators from
local government agencies (17,203 total) and businesses (18,280 total).
The total number of respondents includes 7,097 local program
administrators from both local agencies (3,441 total) and businesses
(3,656 total) whom FNS expects will not respond to the QRS survey
request.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: Once per year, each
State agency responsible for a program will be asked to provide contact
information for their respective local agencies as part of the sample
frame data collection. State agencies will also be asked to complete up
to one survey per year for each program it oversees. Local agencies and
businesses will be asked to complete up to one survey per year for each
program they operate. FNS estimates that respondents will average 1.02
responses per year (29,418 responses/28,902 respondents), with non-
respondents averaging one response per year. Across all participants
(respondents and non-respondents combined) the estimated average number
of responses per year is approximately 1.01 (36,515 responses/35,999
total respondents).
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Estimated Total Annual Responses: The estimated total annual
responses is 36,515, for a total of 109,545 responses over all three
years.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time of response ranges
from 20 minutes (.33 hours) to 1 hour for respondents and 1 minute (.02
hours) for non-respondents, depending on the data collection activity,
as shown in the table below. The average estimated time across all
responses is approximately 17 minutes (0.28 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The estimated total
annual burden is 10,288 hours, for a total of 30,864 over all three
years. See the table below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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