81 FR 95098 - Notice of Request for Revision of an Approved Information Collection (Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen Reduction/HACCP)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 248 (December 27, 2016)
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 248 (December 27, 2016)
| Page Range | 95098-95099 | |
| FR Document | 2016-31246 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 95098-95099] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-31246] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices [[Page 95098]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service [Docket No. FSIS-2016-0038] Notice of Request for Revision of an Approved Information Collection (Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen Reduction/HACCP) AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a revision of the approved information collection regarding Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs), pathogen testing and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems requirements because the OMB approval will expire on April 30, 2017. FSIS has increased its total annual burden estimate by 781,956 hours as a result of new available data. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this notice. Comments may be submitted by either of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: This Web site provides the ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this Web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for submitting comments. Mail, including floppy disks or CD-ROMs, and hand- or courier-delivered items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8-163B, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8-164, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2016-0038. Comments received in response to this docket will be made available for public inspection and posted without change, including any personal information, to http://www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go to the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8- 164, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, South Building, Washington, DC 20250; (202) 720-5627. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Systems. OMB Number: 0583-0103. Expiration Date of Approval: 4/30/2017. Type of Request: Revision of an approved information collection. Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of the Secretary as specified 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 provide that FSIS is to protect the public by verifying that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. FSIS is requesting a revision of the approved information collection regarding Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs), pathogen testing and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems requirements because the OMB approval will expire on April 30, 2017. FSIS has increased its total annual burden estimate by 781,956 hours as a result of new available data. FSIS has established requirements applicable to meat and poultry establishments designed to reduce the occurrence and numbers of pathogenic microorganisms on meat and poultry products, reduce the incidence of foodborne illness associated with the consumption of those products, and provide a framework for modernization of the meat and poultry inspection system. The regulations (1) require that each establishment develop, implement, and revise, as needed, written Sanitation SOPs (9 CFR part 416); (2) require regular microbial testing for generic E. coli by livestock establishments to verify the adequacy of the establishment's process controls for the prevention and removal of fecal contamination and associated bacteria (9 CFR 310.25(a); and (3) require that all meat and poultry establishments develop and implement a system of preventive controls designed to improve the safety of their products, known as HACCP (9 CFR part 417). Establishments may have programs that are prerequisite to HACCP that are designed to provide the basic environmental and operating conditions necessary for the production of safe, wholesome food. Because of its prerequisite programs an establishment may decide that a food safety hazard is not reasonably likely to occur in its operations. The establishment would need to document this determination in its Hazard Analysis and include the procedures it employs to ensure that the program is working and that the hazard is not likely to occur (9 CFR 417.5 (a)(1)). FSIS has made the estimates below based upon an information collection assessment. Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates that it will take respondents an average of 1,157 hours each year to comply with the information request associated with this collection. Respondents: Meat and poultry establishments. Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,087. Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 6,087. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 7,045,303 hours. Copies of this information collection assessment can be obtained from Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 Independence SW., Room 6077, South Building, Washington, DC 20250, (202) 690-6510. [[Page 95099]] Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of FSIS's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 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, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques, or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to both FSIS, at the addresses provided above, and the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20253. Responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record. Additional Public Notification Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the FSIS Web page located at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. FSIS also will make copies of this publication available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide information regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal Register notices, FSIS public meetings, and other types of information that could affect or would be of interest to our constituents and stakeholders. The Update is available on the FSIS Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much broader, more diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription service which provides automatic and customized access to selected food safety news and information. This service is available at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. Options range from recalls to export information, regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to password protect their accounts. USDA Non-Discrimination Statement No agency, officer, or employee of the USDA shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs, exclude from participation in, deny the benefits of, or subject to discrimination any person in the United States under any program or activity conducted by the USDA. How To File a Complaint of Discrimination To file a complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which may be accessed online at http://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you or your authorized representative. Send your completed complaint form or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410, Fax: (202) 690-7442, Email: [email protected]. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). Done at Washington, DC, on December 21, 2016. Alfred V. Almanza, Acting Administrator. [FR Doc. 2016-31246 Filed 12-23-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P
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Vol. 81, No. 248
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Mailstop 3782, Room 8–163B, occurrence and numbers of pathogenic
contains documents other than rules or Washington, DC 20250–3700. microorganisms on meat and poultry
proposed rules that are applicable to the • Hand- or courier-delivered products, reduce the incidence of
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3, foodborne illness associated with the
committee meetings, agency decisions and 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164, consumption of those products, and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
Washington, DC 20250–3700. provide a framework for modernization
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are Instructions: All items submitted by of the meat and poultry inspection
examples of documents appearing in this mail or electronic mail must include the system. The regulations (1) require that
section. Agency name and docket number FSIS– each establishment develop, implement,
2016–0038. Comments received in and revise, as needed, written
response to this docket will be made Sanitation SOPs (9 CFR part 416); (2)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE available for public inspection and require regular microbial testing for
posted without change, including any generic E. coli by livestock
Food Safety and Inspection Service personal information, to http:// establishments to verify the adequacy of
[Docket No. FSIS–2016–0038] www.regulations.gov. the establishment’s process controls for
Docket: For access to background the prevention and removal of fecal
Notice of Request for Revision of an documents or comments received, go to contamination and associated bacteria
Approved Information Collection the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza (9 CFR 310.25(a); and (3) require that all
(Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164, meat and poultry establishments
Reduction/HACCP) Washington, DC 20250–3700 between develop and implement a system of
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday preventive controls designed to improve
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection through Friday. the safety of their products, known as
Service, USDA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina HACCP (9 CFR part 417).
ACTION: Notice and request for Kouba, Office of Policy and Program Establishments may have programs
comments. Development, Food Safety and that are prerequisite to HACCP that are
Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 designed to provide the basic
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, environmental and operating conditions
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and South Building, Washington, DC 20250; necessary for the production of safe,
Office of Management and Budget (202) 720–5627. wholesome food. Because of its
(OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and prerequisite programs an establishment
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing may decide that a food safety hazard is
its intention to request a revision of the Title: Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen not reasonably likely to occur in its
approved information collection Reduction/HACCP Systems. operations. The establishment would
regarding Sanitation Standard Operating OMB Number: 0583–0103. need to document this determination in
Expiration Date of Approval: 4/30/
Procedures (Sanitation SOPs), pathogen its Hazard Analysis and include the
2017.
testing and Hazard Analysis and Critical procedures it employs to ensure that the
Type of Request: Revision of an
Control Point (HACCP) Systems program is working and that the hazard
approved information collection.
requirements because the OMB approval is not likely to occur (9 CFR 417.5
Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the
will expire on April 30, 2017. FSIS has (a)(1)).
authority to exercise the functions of the FSIS has made the estimates below
increased its total annual burden
Secretary as specified in the Federal based upon an information collection
estimate by 781,956 hours as a result of
Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. assessment.
new available data.
601, et seq.) and the Poultry Products Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates
DATES: Comments on this notice must be Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et
received on or before February 27, 2017. that it will take respondents an average
seq.). These statutes provide that FSIS is of 1,157 hours each year to comply with
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested to protect the public by verifying that the information request associated with
persons to submit comments on this meat and poultry products are safe, this collection.
notice. Comments may be submitted by wholesome, not adulterated, and Respondents: Meat and poultry
either of the following methods: properly labeled and packaged. establishments.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This FSIS is requesting a revision of the Estimated Number of Respondents:
Web site provides the ability to type approved information collection 6,087.
short comments directly into the regarding Sanitation Standard Operating Estimated Number of Annual
comment field on this Web page or Procedures (Sanitation SOPs), pathogen Responses per Respondent: 6,087.
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go testing and Hazard Analysis and Critical Estimated Total Annual Burden on
to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow Control Point (HACCP) Systems Respondents: 7,045,303 hours.
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the on-line instructions at that site for requirements because the OMB approval Copies of this information collection
submitting comments. will expire on April 30, 2017. FSIS has assessment can be obtained from Gina
• Mail, including floppy disks or CD– increased its total annual burden Kouba, Office of Policy and Program
ROMs, and hand- or courier-delivered estimate by 781,956 hours as a result of Development, Food Safety and
items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. new available data. Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety FSIS has established requirements Independence SW., Room 6077, South
and Inspection Service, Patriots Plaza 3, applicable to meat and poultry Building, Washington, DC 20250, (202)
1400 Independence Avenue SW., establishments designed to reduce the 690–6510.
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Comments are invited on: (a) Whether disability, age, marital status, family/ in-plant trials, and monthly data
the proposed collection of information parental status, income derived from a collection and recordkeeping for
is necessary for the proper performance public assistance program, or political establishments operating under a
of FSIS’s functions, including whether beliefs, exclude from participation in, waiver.
the information will have practical deny the benefits of, or subject to DATES: Submit comments on or before
utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’s discrimination any person in the United February 27, 2017.
estimate of the burden of the proposed States under any program or activity
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested
collection of information, including the conducted by the USDA.
validity of the methodology and persons to submit comments on this
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance How To File a Complaint of information collection. Comments may
the quality, utility, and clarity of the Discrimination be submitted by one of the following
information to be collected; and (d) To file a complaint of discrimination, methods:
complete the USDA Program • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
ways to minimize the burden of the
Discrimination Complaint Form, which Web site provides the ability to type
collection of information, including
through the use of appropriate may be accessed online at http:// short comments directly into the
automated, electronic, mechanical, or www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ comment field on this Web page or
other technological collection docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_ attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
techniques, or other forms of 12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
information technology. Comments may or your authorized representative. the on-line instructions at that site for
be sent to both FSIS, at the addresses Send your completed complaint form submitting comments.
provided above, and the Desk Officer for or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: • Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Agriculture, Office of Information and Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 of Agriculture, Food Safety and
Management and Budget, Washington, Independence Avenue SW., Inspection Service, Docket Clerk,
DC 20253. Washington, DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202) Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence
Responses to this notice will be 690–7442, Email: program.intake@ Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8–
summarized and included in the request usda.gov. 163A, Washington, DC 20250–3700.
for OMB approval. All comments will Persons with disabilities who require • Hand- or courier-delivered
also become a matter of public record. alternative means for communication submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3,
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), 355 E Street SW., Room 8–163A,
Additional Public Notification should contact USDA’s TARGET Center Washington, DC 20250–3700.
Public awareness of all segments of at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). Instructions: All items submitted by
rulemaking and policy development is mail or electronic mail must include the
Done at Washington, DC, on December 21, Agency name and docket number FSIS–
important. Consequently, FSIS will 2016.
announce this Federal Register 2016–0028. Comments received in
Alfred V. Almanza,
publication on-line through the FSIS response to this docket will be made
Acting Administrator. available for public inspection and
Web page located at: http://
[FR Doc. 2016–31246 Filed 12–23–16; 8:45 am] posted without change, including any
www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
FSIS also will make copies of this BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P personal information, to http://
publication available through the FSIS www.regulations.gov.
Constituent Update, which is used to Docket: For access to background
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE documents or comments received, go to
provide information regarding FSIS
policies, procedures, regulations, the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Federal Register notices, FSIS public 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164,
meetings, and other types of information [Docket No. FSIS–2016–0039] Washington, DC 20250–3700 between
that could affect or would be of interest 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
Notice of Request for Revision of an through Friday.
to our constituents and stakeholders.
Approved Information Collection FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina
The Update is available on the FSIS
(Procedures for the Notification of New Kouba, Office of Policy and Program
Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS
Technology and Requests for Waivers) Development, Food Safety and
is able to provide information to a much
broader, more diverse audience. In AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
addition, FSIS offers an email Service, USDA. Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065,
subscription service which provides ACTION: Notice and request for South Building, Washington, DC 20250;
automatic and customized access to comments. (202) 720–5627.
selected food safety news and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
information. This service is available at: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Title: Procedures for the Notification
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and of New Technology and Requests for
Options range from recalls to export Office of Management and Budget Waivers.
information, regulations, directives, and (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and OMB Number: 0583–0127.
notices. Customers can add or delete Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing Expiration Date of Approval: 4/30/
its intention to request a revision of the
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
subscriptions themselves, and have the 2017.
option to password protect their approved information collection Type of Request: Revision of an
accounts. regarding the procedures for notifying approved information collection.
the Agency about new technology and Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement requests for waivers because the OMB authority to exercise the functions of the
No agency, officer, or employee of the approval will expire on April 30, 2017. Secretary as specified in the Federal
USDA shall, on the grounds of race, Based on the latest available data, FSIS Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C.
color, national origin, religion, sex, has increased its total annual burden 601, et seq.), the Poultry Products
gender identity, sexual orientation, estimate by 9,184 hours to account for Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et
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| Contact | Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, South Building, Washington, DC 20250; (202) 720-5627. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 95098 |
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