Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 77075-77076 [2024-21601]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77075-77076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21601]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 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 October 
21, 2024 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: Consumer Complaint Monitoring System.
    OMB Control Number: 0583-0133.
    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 statutes mandate that FSIS protect the 
public by ensuring that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, 
and properly labeled. FSIS tracks consumer complaints about meat, 
poultry, and egg products. Consumer complaints are usually filed 
because food made the consumer sick, caused an allergic reaction, was 
not properly labeled (misbranded), or contained a foreign object. The 
Agency uses a web portal to capture consumer complaint information.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Consumer Complaint Monitoring 
System web portal is used primarily to track consumer complaints 
regarding meat, poultry, and egg products. FSIS will use the 
information collected from the web portal. To not collect the 
information from the web portal would reduce the effectiveness of the 
meat, poultry, and egg products inspection program.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 750.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Title: Voluntary Recalls of Meat and Poultry Products.
    OMB Control Number: 0583-0135.
    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.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 
U.S.C. 451 et seq.). These statutes mandate that FSIS protect the 
public by ensuring that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, 
unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. A firm that has 
produced or imported meat or poultry that is adulterated or misbranded 
and is being distributed in commerce, may voluntarily recall the 
product in question. Under the FMIA, firms are required to keep such 
records that fully and correctly disclose all transactions in their 
business (21 U.S.C. 642). Under the PPIA, firms are required to keep 
such records as are properly necessary for the effective enforcement of 
the PPIA (21 U.S.C. 460(b)).
    Need and Use of the Information: When meat or poultry in commerce 
is adulterated or misbranded, FSIS requests that the establishment that 
produced the product voluntarily recall the product in question. In 
conducting a recall, the Agency asks the establishment to provide it 
with some basic information, including the identity of the recalled 
product, the reason for the recall, and information about the 
distributors and customers of the product. Industry representatives use 
the FSIS Form 5020-3 FSIS Preliminary Inquiry Worksheet to provide firm 
contact information and specific details regarding adulterated or 
misbranded product in commerce, including product identifiers, product 
amounts and supplemental information. Recalling firms and distributors 
then use the FSIS Form 5020-4 FSIS Recall Distribution Information 
Template to provide the location and contact information of consignees 
who received recalled product. The FSIS Forms 5020-3 and 5020-4 were 
developed to assist the respondents in collecting some of the basic 
information they have always been required to provide FSIS. FSIS uses 
this information to notify the public concerning product subject to a 
recall and to check on the effectiveness of the recall.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 6,090.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On Occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,600.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Title: Animal Disposition Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 0583-0139.
    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

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Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). These statutes mandate that FSIS 
protect the public by ensuring that meat and poultry products are safe, 
wholesome, and properly labeled. FSIS also inspects exotic animals and 
rabbits under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.). In accordance with 9 CFR 320.6, 
381.180, 352.15, and 354.91, establishments that slaughter meat, 
poultry, exotic animals, and rabbits are required to maintain certain 
records regarding their business operations and to report this 
information to the Agency as required.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSIS uses this information to plan 
inspection activities, to develop sampling plans, to target 
establishments for testing, to develop the Agency budget, and to 
develop reports to Congress. FSIS also provides this data to other USDA 
agencies, including the National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the 
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), and the Grain Inspection, Packers 
and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), for their publications and for 
other functions.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,159.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On Occasion; Daily.
    Total Burden Hours: 23.180.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Title: Requirements to Notify FSIS of Adulterated or Misbranded 
Product, Prepare and Maintain Written Recall Procedures, and Document 
Certain HACCP Plan Reassessments.
    OMB Control Number: 0583-0144.
    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.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 
U.S.C. 451 et seq.). These statutes mandate that FSIS protect the 
public by verifying that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, 
unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. Section 11017 of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246, 112 Stat. 
1651, 448-49), amended the FMIA and the PPIA by adding sections 12 and 
13 to the FMIA and by amending section 10 of the PPIA (21 U.S.C. 459). 
These sections require official establishments that believe they have 
shipped into commerce or received adulterated or misbranded product to 
notify the Secretary of Agriculture. In addition, establishments are to 
prepare and maintain current recall procedures, document each 
reassessment of its HACCP plan, and make the recall procedures and 
written records of the establishment's HACCP plan reassessments 
available for official review and copying.
    Need and Use of the Information: Official establishments are to 
document each time they reassess their HACCP plans and make the 
reassessments available to FSIS officials for review and copying. 
Official establishments are to notify the FSIS District Office that 
they have received or have shipped into commerce misbranded or 
adulterated product. The information collected will permit FSIS 
officials to monitor closely establishments HACCP plan reassessments 
and to facilitate recalls or adulterated or misbranded product.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 6,300.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,960.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-21601 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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