90 FR 37 pgs. 10710-10711 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 37Pages: 10710 - 10711
Pages: 10710, 10711FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-03088 Filed 2-25-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and reinstatement under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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 March 28, 2025 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: Accredited 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.
[top] Need and Use of the Information: Any non-federal laboratory that is applying
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.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-03088 Filed 2-25-25; 8:45 am]
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