Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 3754-3755 [2022-01343]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3754-3755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01343]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 19, 2022.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are

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requested regarding whether the collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to 
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by February 
24, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Title: Laboratories.
    OMB Control Number: 0583-0158.
    Summary of Collection: The Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(FSIS) has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of 
the Secretary as provided in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 
U.S.C. 601 et. seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 
U.S.C. 451, et. seq.), and the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 
U.S.C. 1031 et seq.). These statues mandate that FSIS protect the 
public by verifying that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, 
unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. FSIS will use one 
form to collect information to help assess laboratories participating 
in the Accredited Laboratory program to ensure they meet the required 
standards.
    Need and Use of the Information: Any non-federal laboratory that is 
applying for the FSIS Accredited Laboratory program will need to 
complete an Application for FSIS Accredited Laboratory Program 10,110-2 
form. State or private laboratories need only submit the application 
once for entry into the program. FSIS uses the information collected by 
the form to help assess the laboratory applying for admission to the 
FSIS Accredited Laboratory program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Title: Records to be Kept by Official Establishments and Retail 
Stores that Grind Raw Beef Products.
    OMB Control Number: 0583-0165.
    Summary of Collection: The Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(FSIS) has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of 
the Secretary as provided in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 
U.S.C. 601 et. seq.). These statues mandate that FSIS protect the 
public by verifying that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, 
not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged.
    FSIS requires that all grinders or choppers of raw beef products, 
beef manufacturing trimmings, or trimmings fabricated at retail 
intended for use in raw ground or chopped beef products, including 
retail facilities, are persons required by FMIA to keep records which 
will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their 
business subject to the Act. If not doing so already, these businesses 
must maintain records that disclose the identity and supplier of all 
materials used in the preparation of each lot of raw ground or chopped 
beef product.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSIS requires that all 
establishments and retail stores that grind or chop beef products are 
required to keep these records. These records provide critical 
information about how, when, and where raw ground or chopped beef 
product was prepared, shipped, received, stored, and handled, which are 
essential to illness outbreak investigations, recalls, and other agency 
public health activities conducted by FSIS.
    In addition, FSIS requires that specific information be kept in the 
required records and that retail stores maintain store-designed systems 
that allow them to link individual packages of raw ground or chopped 
beef products prepared and sold by them to the required records. The 
required records must include the following information:
    1. Name, point of contact (name, title, email, and facsimile 
number) telephone number, and establishment number of the Federal, 
State, or foreign establishment supplying the raw source material,
    2. Supplier lot numbers and production dates for each raw source 
material used; and,
    3. The names of the supplied materials.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 65,911.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping: Weekly, Annually; Monthly.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,658,650.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-01343 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
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