83_FR_5459 83 FR 5433 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Retail and Foodservice Facility Types

83 FR 5433 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Retail and Foodservice Facility Types

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 26 (February 7, 2018)

Page Range5433-5436
FR Document2018-02414

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on ``Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Retail and Foodservice Facility Types.''

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0547]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk 
Factors in Selected Retail and Foodservice Facility Types

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and 
to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This 
notice solicits comments on ``Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne 
Illness Risk Factors in Selected Retail and Foodservice Facility 
Types.''

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by April 9, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before April 9, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
midnight Eastern Time at the end of April 9, 2018. Comments received by 
mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be 
considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service 
acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
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Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
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may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
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submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
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    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2012-N-0547 for ``Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness 
Risk Factors in Selected Retail and Foodservice Facility Types.'' 
Received comments, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will 
be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as 
``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. 
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should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
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``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
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its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
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Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish 
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be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ila S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-7726, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each

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proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension 
of an existing collection of information, before submitting the 
collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, FDA is 
publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set forth 
in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected 
Retail and Foodservice Facility Types

OMB Control Number 0910-0744--Extension

I. Background

    From 1998 to 2008, FDA's National Retail Food Team conducted a 
study to measure trends in the occurrence of foodborne illness risk 
factors, preparation practices, and employee behaviors most commonly 
reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 
contributing factors to foodborne illness outbreaks at the retail 
level. Specifically, data was collected by FDA Specialists in retail 
and foodservice establishments at 5-year intervals (1998, 2003, and 
2008) to observe and document trends in the occurrence of the following 
foodborne illness risk factors:
     Food from Unsafe Sources,
     Poor Personal Hygiene,
     Inadequate Cooking,
     Improper Holding/Time and Temperature, and
     Contaminated Equipment/Cross-Contamination.
    FDA developed reports summarizing the findings for each of the 
three data collection periods (1998, 2003, and 2008) (Refs. 1 to 3). 
Data from all three data collection periods were analyzed to detect 
trends in improvement or regression over time and to determine whether 
progress had been made toward the goal of reducing the occurrence of 
foodborne illness risk factors in selected retail and foodservice 
facility types (Ref. 4).
    Using this 10-year survey as a foundation, in 2013-2014, FDA 
initiated a new study in full service and fast food restaurants. This 
study will span 10 years with a data collection currently being 
conducted in 2017-2018 and another data collection planned for 2021-
2022 (the subject of this information collection request extension).

    Table 1--Description of the Facility Types Included in the Survey
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           Facility type                         Description
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Full Service Restaurants..........  A restaurant where customers place
                                     their order at their table, are
                                     served their meal at the table,
                                     receive the service of the wait
                                     staff, and pay at the end of the
                                     meal.
Fast Food Restaurants.............  A restaurant that is not a full
                                     service restaurant. This includes
                                     restaurants commonly referred to as
                                     quick service restaurants and fast
                                     casual restaurants.
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    The purpose of the study is to:
     Assist FDA with developing retail food safety initiatives 
and policies focused on the control of foodborne illness risk factors;
     Identify retail food safety work plan priorities and 
allocate resources to enhance retail food safety nationwide;
     Track changes in the occurrence of foodborne illness risk 
factors in retail and foodservice establishments over time; and
     Inform recommendations to the retail and foodservice 
industry and State, local, tribal, and territorial regulatory 
professionals on reducing the occurrence of foodborne illness risk 
factors.
    The statutory basis for FDA conducting this study is derived from 
the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 243, section 
311(a)). Responsibility for carrying out the provisions of the PHS Act 
relative to food protection was transferred to the Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs in 1968 (21 CFR 5.10(a)(2) and (4)). Additionally, the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) and the 
Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535) require FDA to provide assistance to other 
Federal, State, and local government bodies.
    The objectives of the study are to:
     Identify the least and most often occurring foodborne 
illness risk factors and food safety behaviors/practices in retail and 
foodservice facility types during each data collection period;
     Track improvement and/or regression trends in the 
occurrence of foodborne illness risk factors during the 10-year study 
period;
     Examine potential correlations between operational 
characteristics of food establishments and the control of foodborne 
illness risk factors;
     Examine potential correlations between elements within 
regulatory retail food protection programs and the control of foodborne 
illness risk factors; and
     Determine the extent to which food safety management 
systems and the presence of a certified food protection manager impact 
the occurrence of foodborne illness risk factors.
    The methodology to be used for this information collection is 
described as follows. To obtain a sufficient number of observations to 
conduct statistically significant analysis, FDA will conduct 
approximately 400 data collections in each facility type. This sample 
size has been calculated to provide for sufficient observations to be 
95 percent confident that the compliance percentage is within 5 percent 
of the true compliance percentage.
    A geographical information system database containing a listing of 
businesses throughout the United States provides the establishment 
inventory for the data collections. FDA samples establishments from the 
inventory based on the descriptions in table 1. FDA does not intend to 
sample operations that handle only prepackaged food items or conduct 
low-risk food preparation activities. The ``FDA Food Code'' contains a 
grouping of establishments by risk, based on the type of food 
preparation that is normally conducted within the operation (Ref. 5). 
The intent is to sample establishments that fall under risk categories 
2 through 4.
    FDA has approximately 25 Retail Food Specialists (Specialists) who 
serve as the data collectors for the 10-year study. The Specialists are 
geographically dispersed throughout the

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United States and possess technical expertise in retail food safety and 
a solid understanding of the operations within each of the facility 
types to be surveyed. The Specialists are also standardized by FDA's 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition personnel in the 
application and interpretation of the FDA Food Code (Ref. 5).
    Sampling zones have been established that are equal to the 150-mile 
radius around a Specialist's home location. The sample is selected 
randomly from among all eligible establishments located within these 
sampling zones. The Specialists are generally located in major 
metropolitan areas (i.e., population centers) across the contiguous 
United States. Population centers usually contain a large concentration 
of the establishments FDA intends to sample. Sampling from the 150-mile 
radius sampling zones around the Specialists' home locations provides 
three advantages to the study:
    1. It provides a cross section of urban and rural areas from which 
to sample the eligible establishments.
    2. It represents a mix of small, medium, and large regulatory 
entities having jurisdiction over the eligible establishments.
    3. It reduces overnight travel and therefore reduces travel costs 
incurred by the Agency to collect data.
    The sample for each data collection period is evenly distributed 
among Specialists. Given that participation in the study by industry is 
voluntary and the status of any given randomly selected establishment 
is subject to change, substitute establishments have been selected for 
each Specialist for cases where the restaurant facility is 
misclassified, closed, or otherwise unavailable, unable, or unwilling 
to participate.
    Prior to conducting the data collection, Specialists contact the 
State or local jurisdiction that has regulatory responsibility for 
conducting retail food inspections for the selected establishment. The 
Specialist verifies with the jurisdiction that the facility has been 
properly classified for the purposes of the study and is still in 
operation. The Specialist ascertains whether the selected facility is 
under legal notice from the State or local regulatory authority. If the 
selected facility is under legal notice, the Specialist will not 
conduct a data collection, and a substitute establishment will be used. 
An invitation is extended to the State or local regulatory authority to 
accompany the Specialist on the data collection visit.
    A standard form is used by the Specialists during each data 
collection. The form is divided into three sections: Section 1--
``Establishment Information''; Section 2--``Regulatory Authority 
Information''; and Section 3--``Foodborne Illness Risk Factor and Food 
Safety Management System Assessment.'' The information in Section 1--
``Establishment Information'' of the form is obtained during an 
interview with the establishment owner or person in charge by the 
Specialist and includes a standard set of questions.
    The information in Section 2--``Regulatory Authority Information'' 
is obtained during an interview with the program director of the State 
or local jurisdiction that has regulatory responsibility for conducting 
inspections for the selected establishment. Section 3 includes three 
parts: Part A for tabulating the Specialists' observations of the food 
employees' behaviors and practices in limiting contamination, 
proliferation, and survival of food safety hazards; Part B for 
assessing the food safety management system being implemented by the 
facility; and Part C for assessing the frequency and extent of food 
employee hand washing. The information in Part A is collected from the 
Specialists' direct observations of food employee behaviors and 
practices. Infrequent, nonstandard questions may be asked by the 
Specialists if clarification is needed on the food safety procedure or 
practice being observed. The information in Part B is collected by 
making direct observations and asking follow up questions of facility 
management to obtain information on the extent to which the food 
establishment has developed and implemented food safety management 
systems. The information in Part C is collected by making direct 
observations of food employee hand washing. No questions are asked in 
the completion of Section 3, Part C of the form.
    FDA collects the following information associated with the 
establishment's identity: Establishment name, street address, city, 
state, zip code, county, industry segment, and facility type. The 
establishment identifying information is collected to ensure the data 
collections are not duplicative. Other information related to the 
nature of the operation, such as seating capacity and number of 
employees per shift, is also collected. Data will be consolidated and 
reported in a manner that does not reveal the identity of any 
establishment included in the study.
    FDA has collaborated with the Food Protection and Defense Institute 
to develop a web-based platform in FoodSHIELD to collect, store, and 
analyze data for the Retail Risk Factor Study. This platform is 
accessible to State, local, territorial, and tribal regulatory 
jurisdictions to collect data relevant to their own risk factor 
studies. For the 2015-2016 data collection, FDA piloted the use of 
hand-held technology for capturing the data onsite during the data 
collection visits. The tablets that were made available for the data 
collections were part of a broader Agency initiative focused on 
internal uses of hand-held technology. The tablets provided for the 
data collection presented several technical and logistical challenges 
and increased the time burden associated with the data collection as 
compared to the manual entry of data collections. FDA continues to 
assess the feasibility for fully incorporating use of hand-held 
technology in subsequent data collections during the 10-year study 
period.
    When a data collector is assigned a specific establishment, he or 
she conducts the data collection and enters the information into the 
web-based data platform. The interface will support the manual entering 
of data, as well as the ability to directly enter information in the 
database via a web browser.
    The burden for the 2021-2022 data collection is as follows. For 
each data collection, the respondents will include: (1) The person in 
charge of the selected facility (whether it be a fast food or full 
service restaurant) and (2) the program director (or designated 
individual) of the respective regulatory authority. To provide the 
sufficient number of observations needed to conduct a statistically 
significant analysis of the data, FDA has determined that 400 data 
collections will be required in each of the two restaurant facility 
types. Therefore, the total number of responses will be 1,600 (400 data 
collections x 2 facility types x 2 respondents per data collection).
    The burden associated with the completion of Sections 1 and 3 of 
the form is specific to the persons in charge of the selected 
facilities. It includes the time it will take the person in charge to 
accompany the data collector during the site visit and answer the data 
collector's questions. The burden related to the completion of Section 
2 of the form is specific to the program directors (or designated 
individuals) of the respective regulatory authorities. It includes the 
time it will take to answer the data collectors' questions and is the 
same regardless of the facility type.
    To calculate the estimate of the hours per response, FDA will use 
the average

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data collection duration for the same facility types during the 2013-
2014 data collection. FDA estimates that it will take the persons in 
charge of full service restaurants and fast food restaurants 104 
minutes (1.73 hours) and 82 minutes (1.36 hours), respectively, to 
accompany the data collectors while they complete Sections 1 and 3 of 
the form. In comparison, for the 2013-2014 data collection, the burden 
estimate was 106 minutes (1.76 hours) in full service restaurants and 
73 minutes (1.21 hours) in fast food restaurants. FDA estimates that it 
will take the program director (or designated individual) of the 
respective regulatory authority 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to answer the 
questions related to Section 2 of the form. This burden estimate is 
unchanged from the last data collection. Hence, the total burden 
estimate for a data collection in a full service restaurant, including 
the responses of both the program director and the person in charge, is 
134 minutes (104 + 30) (2.23 hours). The total burden estimate for a 
data collection in a fast food restaurant, including the responses of 
both the program director and the person in charge, is 112 minutes (82 
+ 30) (1.86 hours).
    Based on the number of entry refusals from the 2013-2014 baseline 
data collection, we estimate a refusal rate of 2 percent for the data 
collections within restaurant facility types. The estimate of the time 
per non-respondent is 5 minutes (0.08 hours) for the person in charge 
to listen to the purpose of the visit and provide a verbal refusal of 
entry.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                                                         Table 2--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                                                                               Number of
                                               Number of       Number of     Total  annual  Number of  non- responses  per   Total  annual
                 Activity                     respondents   responses  per     responses      respondents        non-       non- responses      Average  burden per  response       Total hours
                                                               respondent                                     respondent
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2021-2022 Data Collection (Fast Food                   400               1             400  ..............  ..............  ..............  1.36................................             544
 Restaurants)--Completion of Sections 1
 and 3.
2021-2022 Data Collection (Full Service                400               1             400  ..............  ..............  ..............  1.73................................             692
 Restaurants)--Completion of Sections 1
 and 3.
2021-2022 Data Collection-Completion of                800               1             800  ..............  ..............  ..............  0.5 (30 minutes)....................             400
 Section 2--All Facility Types.
2021-2022 Data Collection-Entry Refusals--               -               -               -              16               1              16  0.08 (5 minutes)....................            1.28
 All Facility Types.
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Total Hours...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ....................................        1,637.28
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    The burden for this information collection has not changed since 
the last OMB approval.

II. References

    The following references are on display in the Dockets Management 
Staff (see ADDRESSES) and are available for viewing by interested 
persons between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, they are also 
available electronically at https://www.regulations.gov. FDA has 
verified the website addresses, as of the date this document publishes 
in the Federal Register, but websites are subject to change over time.

    1. ``Report of the FDA Retail Food Program Database of Foodborne 
Illness Risk Factors'' (2000). Available at: https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170406023019/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/UCM123546.pdf.
    2. ``FDA Report on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk 
Factors in Selected Institutional Foodservice, Restaurant, and 
Retail Food Store Facility Types (2004).'' Available at: https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170406023011/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/RetailFoodProtection/FoodborneIllnessRiskFactorReduction/UCM423850.pdf.
    3. ``FDA Report on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk 
Factors in Selected Institutional Foodservice, Restaurant, and 
Retail Food Store Facility Types (2009).'' Available at: https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170406023004/https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/RetailFoodProtection/FoodborneIllnessRiskFactorReduction/ucm224321.htm.
    4. FDA National Retail Food Team. ``FDA Trend Analysis Report on 
the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected 
Institutional Foodservice, Restaurant, and Retail Food Store 
Facility Types (1998-2008).'' Available at: https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170406022950/https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/RetailFoodProtection/FoodborneIllnessRiskFactorReduction/ucm223293.htm.
    5. ``FDA Food Code.'' Available at: https://www.fda.gov/FoodCode.


    Dated: January 31, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                Factors in Selected Retail and                          must include the Docket No. FDA–                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
                                                Foodservice Facility Types.’’                           2012–N–0547 for ‘‘Survey on the                       PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
                                                DATES: Submit either electronic or                      Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk                  Agencies must obtain approval from the
                                                written comments on the collection of                   Factors in Selected Retail and                        Office of Management and Budget
                                                information by April 9, 2018.                           Foodservice Facility Types.’’ Received                (OMB) for each collection of
                                                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                      comments, those filed in a timely                     information they conduct or sponsor.
                                                as follows. Please note that late,                      manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed                ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
                                                untimely filed comments will not be                     in the docket and, except for those                   in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
                                                considered. Electronic comments must                                                                          1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests
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                                                                                                        submitted as ‘‘Confidential
                                                be submitted on or before April 9, 2018.                Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at                   or requirements that members of the
                                                The https://www.regulations.gov                         https://www.regulations.gov or at the                 public submit reports, keep records, or
                                                electronic filing system will accept                    Dockets Management Staff between 9                    provide information to a third party.
                                                comments until midnight Eastern Time                    a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through                       Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44
                                                at the end of April 9, 2018. Comments                   Friday.                                               U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal
                                                received by mail/hand delivery/courier                    • Confidential Submissions—To                       Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
                                                (for written/paper submissions) will be                 submit a comment with confidential                    the Federal Register concerning each


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                                                proposed collection of information,                     when appropriate, and other forms of                      • Inadequate Cooking,
                                                including each proposed extension of an                 information technology.                                   • Improper Holding/Time and
                                                existing collection of information,                     Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne                   Temperature, and
                                                before submitting the collection to OMB                 Illness Risk Factors in Selected Retail                   • Contaminated Equipment/Cross-
                                                for approval. To comply with this                       and Foodservice Facility Types                          Contamination.
                                                requirement, FDA is publishing notice                                                                             FDA developed reports summarizing
                                                of the proposed collection of                           OMB Control Number 0910–0744—                           the findings for each of the three data
                                                information set forth in this document.                 Extension
                                                                                                                                                                collection periods (1998, 2003, and
                                                   With respect to the following                        I. Background                                           2008) (Refs. 1 to 3). Data from all three
                                                collection of information, FDA invites                     From 1998 to 2008, FDA’s National                    data collection periods were analyzed to
                                                comments on these topics: (1) Whether                   Retail Food Team conducted a study to                   detect trends in improvement or
                                                the proposed collection of information                  measure trends in the occurrence of                     regression over time and to determine
                                                is necessary for the proper performance                 foodborne illness risk factors,                         whether progress had been made toward
                                                of FDA’s functions, including whether                   preparation practices, and employee                     the goal of reducing the occurrence of
                                                                                                        behaviors most commonly reported to                     foodborne illness risk factors in selected
                                                the information will have practical
                                                                                                        the Centers for Disease Control and                     retail and foodservice facility types (Ref.
                                                utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA’s
                                                                                                        Prevention as contributing factors to                   4).
                                                estimate of the burden of the proposed
                                                                                                        foodborne illness outbreaks at the retail                 Using this 10-year survey as a
                                                collection of information, including the
                                                                                                        level. Specifically, data was collected by              foundation, in 2013–2014, FDA initiated
                                                validity of the methodology and
                                                                                                        FDA Specialists in retail and                           a new study in full service and fast food
                                                assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
                                                                                                        foodservice establishments at 5-year                    restaurants. This study will span 10
                                                the quality, utility, and clarity of the                                                                        years with a data collection currently
                                                                                                        intervals (1998, 2003, and 2008) to
                                                information to be collected; and (4)                                                                            being conducted in 2017–2018 and
                                                                                                        observe and document trends in the
                                                ways to minimize the burden of the                                                                              another data collection planned for
                                                                                                        occurrence of the following foodborne
                                                collection of information on                                                                                    2021–2022 (the subject of this
                                                                                                        illness risk factors:
                                                respondents, including through the use                     • Food from Unsafe Sources,                          information collection request
                                                of automated collection techniques,                        • Poor Personal Hygiene,                             extension).
                                                                                 TABLE 1—DESCRIPTION OF THE FACILITY TYPES INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY
                                                             Facility type                                                                        Description

                                                Full Service Restaurants .................   A restaurant where customers place their order at their table, are served their meal at the table, receive
                                                                                               the service of the wait staff, and pay at the end of the meal.
                                                Fast Food Restaurants ...................    A restaurant that is not a full service restaurant. This includes restaurants commonly referred to as quick
                                                                                               service restaurants and fast casual restaurants.



                                                   The purpose of the study is to:                      require FDA to provide assistance to                    significant analysis, FDA will conduct
                                                   • Assist FDA with developing retail                  other Federal, State, and local                         approximately 400 data collections in
                                                food safety initiatives and policies                    government bodies.                                      each facility type. This sample size has
                                                focused on the control of foodborne                       The objectives of the study are to:                   been calculated to provide for sufficient
                                                illness risk factors;                                     • Identify the least and most often                   observations to be 95 percent confident
                                                   • Identify retail food safety work plan              occurring foodborne illness risk factors                that the compliance percentage is
                                                priorities and allocate resources to                    and food safety behaviors/practices in                  within 5 percent of the true compliance
                                                enhance retail food safety nationwide;                  retail and foodservice facility types                   percentage.
                                                   • Track changes in the occurrence of                 during each data collection period;                        A geographical information system
                                                                                                          • Track improvement and/or                            database containing a listing of
                                                foodborne illness risk factors in retail
                                                                                                        regression trends in the occurrence of                  businesses throughout the United States
                                                and foodservice establishments over
                                                                                                        foodborne illness risk factors during the
                                                time; and                                                                                                       provides the establishment inventory for
                                                                                                        10-year study period;
                                                   • Inform recommendations to the                        • Examine potential correlations
                                                                                                                                                                the data collections. FDA samples
                                                retail and foodservice industry and                     between operational characteristics of                  establishments from the inventory based
                                                State, local, tribal, and territorial                   food establishments and the control of                  on the descriptions in table 1. FDA does
                                                regulatory professionals on reducing the                foodborne illness risk factors;                         not intend to sample operations that
                                                occurrence of foodborne illness risk                      • Examine potential correlations                      handle only prepackaged food items or
                                                factors.                                                between elements within regulatory                      conduct low-risk food preparation
                                                   The statutory basis for FDA                          retail food protection programs and the                 activities. The ‘‘FDA Food Code’’
                                                conducting this study is derived from                   control of foodborne illness risk factors;              contains a grouping of establishments
                                                the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act)                 and                                                     by risk, based on the type of food
                                                (42 U.S.C. 243, section 311(a)).                          • Determine the extent to which food                  preparation that is normally conducted
                                                Responsibility for carrying out the                                                                             within the operation (Ref. 5). The intent
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                                                                                                        safety management systems and the
                                                provisions of the PHS Act relative to                   presence of a certified food protection                 is to sample establishments that fall
                                                food protection was transferred to the                  manager impact the occurrence of                        under risk categories 2 through 4.
                                                Commissioner of Food and Drugs in                       foodborne illness risk factors.                            FDA has approximately 25 Retail
                                                1968 (21 CFR 5.10(a)(2) and (4)).                         The methodology to be used for this                   Food Specialists (Specialists) who serve
                                                Additionally, the Federal Food, Drug,                   information collection is described as                  as the data collectors for the 10-year
                                                and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)                follows. To obtain a sufficient number                  study. The Specialists are
                                                and the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535)                    of observations to conduct statistically                geographically dispersed throughout the


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                                                United States and possess technical                        A standard form is used by the                     develop a web-based platform in
                                                expertise in retail food safety and a solid             Specialists during each data collection.              FoodSHIELD to collect, store, and
                                                understanding of the operations within                  The form is divided into three sections:              analyze data for the Retail Risk Factor
                                                each of the facility types to be surveyed.              Section 1—‘‘Establishment                             Study. This platform is accessible to
                                                The Specialists are also standardized by                Information’’; Section 2—‘‘Regulatory                 State, local, territorial, and tribal
                                                FDA’s Center for Food Safety and                        Authority Information’’; and Section 3—               regulatory jurisdictions to collect data
                                                Applied Nutrition personnel in the                      ‘‘Foodborne Illness Risk Factor and                   relevant to their own risk factor studies.
                                                application and interpretation of the                   Food Safety Management System                         For the 2015–2016 data collection, FDA
                                                FDA Food Code (Ref. 5).                                 Assessment.’’ The information in                      piloted the use of hand-held technology
                                                  Sampling zones have been established                  Section 1—‘‘Establishment Information’’               for capturing the data onsite during the
                                                that are equal to the 150-mile radius                   of the form is obtained during an                     data collection visits. The tablets that
                                                around a Specialist’s home location.                    interview with the establishment owner                were made available for the data
                                                The sample is selected randomly from                    or person in charge by the Specialist                 collections were part of a broader
                                                among all eligible establishments                       and includes a standard set of questions.             Agency initiative focused on internal
                                                located within these sampling zones.                       The information in Section 2—                      uses of hand-held technology. The
                                                The Specialists are generally located in                ‘‘Regulatory Authority Information’’ is               tablets provided for the data collection
                                                major metropolitan areas (i.e.,                         obtained during an interview with the                 presented several technical and
                                                population centers) across the                          program director of the State or local                logistical challenges and increased the
                                                contiguous United States. Population                    jurisdiction that has regulatory                      time burden associated with the data
                                                centers usually contain a large                         responsibility for conducting                         collection as compared to the manual
                                                concentration of the establishments                     inspections for the selected                          entry of data collections. FDA continues
                                                FDA intends to sample. Sampling from                    establishment. Section 3 includes three               to assess the feasibility for fully
                                                the 150-mile radius sampling zones                      parts: Part A for tabulating the                      incorporating use of hand-held
                                                around the Specialists’ home locations                  Specialists’ observations of the food                 technology in subsequent data
                                                provides three advantages to the study:                 employees’ behaviors and practices in                 collections during the 10-year study
                                                  1. It provides a cross section of urban               limiting contamination, proliferation,                period.
                                                and rural areas from which to sample                    and survival of food safety hazards; Part                When a data collector is assigned a
                                                the eligible establishments.                            B for assessing the food safety                       specific establishment, he or she
                                                                                                        management system being implemented                   conducts the data collection and enters
                                                  2. It represents a mix of small,
                                                                                                        by the facility; and Part C for assessing             the information into the web-based data
                                                medium, and large regulatory entities
                                                                                                        the frequency and extent of food                      platform. The interface will support the
                                                having jurisdiction over the eligible
                                                                                                        employee hand washing. The                            manual entering of data, as well as the
                                                establishments.
                                                                                                        information in Part A is collected from               ability to directly enter information in
                                                  3. It reduces overnight travel and
                                                                                                        the Specialists’ direct observations of               the database via a web browser.
                                                therefore reduces travel costs incurred                 food employee behaviors and practices.                   The burden for the 2021–2022 data
                                                by the Agency to collect data.                          Infrequent, nonstandard questions may                 collection is as follows. For each data
                                                  The sample for each data collection                   be asked by the Specialists if                        collection, the respondents will include:
                                                period is evenly distributed among                      clarification is needed on the food safety            (1) The person in charge of the selected
                                                Specialists. Given that participation in                procedure or practice being observed.                 facility (whether it be a fast food or full
                                                the study by industry is voluntary and                  The information in Part B is collected by             service restaurant) and (2) the program
                                                the status of any given randomly                        making direct observations and asking                 director (or designated individual) of
                                                selected establishment is subject to                    follow up questions of facility                       the respective regulatory authority. To
                                                change, substitute establishments have                  management to obtain information on                   provide the sufficient number of
                                                been selected for each Specialist for                   the extent to which the food                          observations needed to conduct a
                                                cases where the restaurant facility is                  establishment has developed and                       statistically significant analysis of the
                                                misclassified, closed, or otherwise                     implemented food safety management                    data, FDA has determined that 400 data
                                                unavailable, unable, or unwilling to                    systems. The information in Part C is                 collections will be required in each of
                                                participate.                                            collected by making direct observations               the two restaurant facility types.
                                                  Prior to conducting the data                          of food employee hand washing. No                     Therefore, the total number of responses
                                                collection, Specialists contact the State               questions are asked in the completion of              will be 1,600 (400 data collections × 2
                                                or local jurisdiction that has regulatory               Section 3, Part C of the form.                        facility types × 2 respondents per data
                                                responsibility for conducting retail food                  FDA collects the following                         collection).
                                                inspections for the selected                            information associated with the                          The burden associated with the
                                                establishment. The Specialist verifies                  establishment’s identity: Establishment               completion of Sections 1 and 3 of the
                                                with the jurisdiction that the facility has             name, street address, city, state, zip                form is specific to the persons in charge
                                                been properly classified for the                        code, county, industry segment, and                   of the selected facilities. It includes the
                                                purposes of the study and is still in                   facility type. The establishment                      time it will take the person in charge to
                                                operation. The Specialist ascertains                    identifying information is collected to               accompany the data collector during the
                                                whether the selected facility is under                  ensure the data collections are not                   site visit and answer the data collector’s
                                                legal notice from the State or local                    duplicative. Other information related                questions. The burden related to the
                                                regulatory authority. If the selected                   to the nature of the operation, such as               completion of Section 2 of the form is
                                                facility is under legal notice, the
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                                                                                                        seating capacity and number of                        specific to the program directors (or
                                                Specialist will not conduct a data                      employees per shift, is also collected.               designated individuals) of the respective
                                                collection, and a substitute                            Data will be consolidated and reported                regulatory authorities. It includes the
                                                establishment will be used. An                          in a manner that does not reveal the                  time it will take to answer the data
                                                invitation is extended to the State or                  identity of any establishment included                collectors’ questions and is the same
                                                local regulatory authority to accompany                 in the study.                                         regardless of the facility type.
                                                the Specialist on the data collection                      FDA has collaborated with the Food                    To calculate the estimate of the hours
                                                visit.                                                  Protection and Defense Institute to                   per response, FDA will use the average


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                                                data collection duration for the same                                           designated individual) of the respective                                              person in charge, is 112 minutes (82 +
                                                facility types during the 2013–2014 data                                        regulatory authority 30 minutes (0.5                                                  30) (1.86 hours).
                                                collection. FDA estimates that it will                                          hours) to answer the questions related to                                                Based on the number of entry refusals
                                                take the persons in charge of full service                                      Section 2 of the form. This burden                                                    from the 2013–2014 baseline data
                                                restaurants and fast food restaurants 104                                       estimate is unchanged from the last data                                              collection, we estimate a refusal rate of
                                                minutes (1.73 hours) and 82 minutes                                             collection. Hence, the total burden                                                   2 percent for the data collections within
                                                (1.36 hours), respectively, to accompany                                        estimate for a data collection in a full                                              restaurant facility types. The estimate of
                                                the data collectors while they complete                                         service restaurant, including the
                                                Sections 1 and 3 of the form. In                                                                                                                                      the time per non-respondent is 5
                                                                                                                                responses of both the program director                                                minutes (0.08 hours) for the person in
                                                comparison, for the 2013–2014 data
                                                                                                                                and the person in charge, is 134 minutes                                              charge to listen to the purpose of the
                                                collection, the burden estimate was 106
                                                                                                                                (104 + 30) (2.23 hours). The total burden                                             visit and provide a verbal refusal of
                                                minutes (1.76 hours) in full service
                                                                                                                                estimate for a data collection in a fast                                              entry.
                                                restaurants and 73 minutes (1.21 hours)
                                                in fast food restaurants. FDA estimates                                         food restaurant, including the responses                                                 FDA estimates the burden of this
                                                that it will take the program director (or                                      of both the program director and the                                                  collection of information as follows:
                                                                                                                TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                       Number of                                                                        Number of
                                                                                                                                      Total                  Number of                                                 Total                            Average
                                                                           Number of                    responses                                                                        responses
                                                       Activity                                                                      annual                     non-                                               annual non-                        burden per                    Total hours
                                                                          respondents                      per                                                                            per non-
                                                                                                                                   responses                respondents                                             responses                          response
                                                                                                       respondent                                                                       respondent

                                                2021–2022 Data                             400                             1                      400      ........................   ........................   ........................    1.36 ............................               544
                                                  Collection (Fast
                                                  Food Res-
                                                  taurants)—Com-
                                                  pletion of Sec-
                                                  tions 1 and 3.
                                                2021–2022 Data                             400                             1                     400       ........................   ........................   ........................    1.73 ............................               692
                                                  Collection (Full
                                                  Service Res-
                                                  taurants)—Com-
                                                  pletion of Sec-
                                                  tions 1 and 3.
                                                2021–2022 Data                             800                             1                      800      ........................   ........................   ........................    0.5 (30 minutes) ........                       400
                                                  Collection-Com-
                                                  pletion of Section
                                                  2—All Facility
                                                  Types.
                                                2021–2022 Data                               ¥                           ¥                          ¥                          16                           1                        16      0.08 (5 minutes) ........                      1.28
                                                  Collection-Entry
                                                  Refusals—All Fa-
                                                  cility Types.

                                                Total Hours ..........   ........................    ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................    ....................................       1,637.28
                                                  1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


                                                  The burden for this information                                               Retail Food Store Facility Types (2004).’’                                              Dated: January 31, 2018.
                                                collection has not changed since the last                                       Available at: https://wayback.archive-it.org/                                         Leslie Kux,
                                                OMB approval.                                                                   7993/20170406023011/https://www.fda.gov/                                              Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                                                                                                downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/
                                                II. References                                                                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2018–02414 Filed 2–6–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                RetailFoodProtection/FoodborneIllness
                                                                                                                                RiskFactorReduction/UCM423850.pdf.                                                    BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                                  The following references are on                                                 3. ‘‘FDA Report on the Occurrence of
                                                display in the Dockets Management                                               Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected
                                                Staff (see ADDRESSES) and are available                                         Institutional Foodservice, Restaurant, and                                            DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                for viewing by interested persons                                               Retail Food Store Facility Types (2009).’’                                            HUMAN SERVICES
                                                between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday                                               Available at: https://wayback.archive-it.org/
                                                through Friday, they are also available                                         7993/20170406023004/https://www.fda.gov/                                              Food and Drug Administration
                                                electronically at https://                                                      Food/GuidanceRegulation/RetailFood
                                                                                                                                Protection/FoodborneIllnessRiskFactor                                                 [Docket Nos. FDA–2015–E–0857 and FDA–
                                                www.regulations.gov. FDA has verified                                                                                                                                 2015–E–0858]
                                                                                                                                Reduction/ucm224321.htm.
                                                the website addresses, as of the date this
                                                                                                                                  4. FDA National Retail Food Team. ‘‘FDA
                                                document publishes in the Federal                                               Trend Analysis Report on the Occurrence of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Determination of Regulatory Review
                                                Register, but websites are subject to                                           Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected                                            Period for Purposes of Patent
                                                change over time.                                                               Institutional Foodservice, Restaurant, and                                            Extension; FARXIGA
                                                   1. ‘‘Report of the FDA Retail Food Program                                   Retail Food Store Facility Types (1998–
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      AGENCY:               Food and Drug Administration,
                                                Database of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors’’                                    2008).’’ Available at: https://
                                                                                                                                wayback.archive-it.org/7993/201704
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      HHS.
                                                (2000). Available at: https://wayback.archive-
                                                it.org/7993/20170406023019/https://                                             06022950/https://www.fda.gov/Food/                                                    ACTION:          Notice.
                                                www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/Guidance                                             GuidanceRegulation/RetailFoodProtection/
                                                Regulation/UCM123546.pdf.                                                       FoodborneIllnessRiskFactorReduction/                                                  SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
                                                   2. ‘‘FDA Report on the Occurrence of                                         ucm223293.htm.                                                                        Administration (FDA or the Agency) has
                                                Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected                                        5. ‘‘FDA Food Code.’’ Available at: https://                                        determined the regulatory review period
                                                Institutional Foodservice, Restaurant, and                                      www.fda.gov/FoodCode.                                                                 for FARXIGA and is publishing this


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesSubmit either electronic or written comments on the collection of information by April 9, 2018.
ContactIla S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-7726, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 5433 

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