# Presentation: 773877

## Collection of Volume Data

**Daniel Engeljohn, PhD**
**Office Policy, Program & Employee Development **

## Goal

- Collect relevant and representative regulatory data (April 5, 2007 FSIS Attribution meeting)

## Information Collection Process

- OMB-approved instrument for _industry_ to complete (Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995)
- PBIS profile extension for _inspection program personnel_ to complete

## OMB-Approved Instrument

- Approval process takes multiple months and substantial justification
- Annual production volume (actual pounds) asked for 9 types of RTE products applicable to 9 CFR 430, segregated by deli versus other
-  Annual justification to OMB for continuing the information collection approval
*** ******Title*** – e.g., *Listeria *Control for Ready-to-Eat Products)
-  ***Type of request*** – e.g., revision of an approved information collection)
-  ***Abstract*** – e.g., description of why the information is needed (9 CFR 430.3)
-  ***Estimate of burden*** – e.g., 8.3 hours annually to complete form
-  ***Respondents*** – e.g., RTE establishments
-  ***Estimated # of respondents*** – e.g., 3,590
-  ***Estimated # of annual responses per respondent*** – e.g., 45,388
-  ***Estimated total annual burden on respondents*** – e.g., 29, 793 hours
***Comments invited*** – e.g., necessity; accuracy; enhancements; ways to minimize burden

## PBIS Profile Extension

- Targeted collection of information from IICs at establishments most likely to have operations or products specific to the information needed
- PBIS alerts IICs to review and update profile extensions via email alert; updated at least annually or when substantive change occurs
- A listing of scheduled food safety procedures not to be performed is provided in order to complete the information collection activity
-  Record result code “U-Performed PE/Survey” for procedures not performed

## PBIS Volume

- Initiated in December 2006
- If a product class is produced but is not identified on the profile extension, IIC instructed to update the profile
- Initial information collection instrument asked about 19 product classes; beef trimmings was of special interest to inform RBI, RBI-Verification Sampling, RBI Import and Export Activities, Food Defense Activities
-  Recorded _approximate_ pounds of finished product typically produced and shipped in a day, across all shifts
-  None
- 1-50 pounds
-  51-250 pounds
-  251-500 pounds
-  501-2,000 pounds
-  2,001-10,000 pounds
-  10,001 – 50,000 pounds
-  More than 50,000 pounds
-  Don’t know
-  How many days in the last 30 days this product was produced

## Completion Status

## Production of Various Products in Official Establishments

## Production of Various Products in Official Establishments (continued)

## Most Establishments Produce Multiple Products

## Average Production is Higher in Larger (HACCP Size) Establishments

## Utility of Volume Information

- Good estimate of production volume for a variety of product nationwide (response rate was greater than 96%)
- With inspection program personnel assigned to every establishment, substantive changes in production estimates can be readily captured
- FSIS results can be shared with the establishment and timely corrections made
- Relative estimates are sufficient for discerning differences amongst establishments
- Sensitivity analysis and modeling through risk assessment methodology can provide predictions about public health impact associated with volume

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Thank you

**Thank you**