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the way the acceptable ranges are 

calculated to align with international 

standards for evaluating method 

performance. Tables 1–5 compare the 

current acceptable ranges with the 

revised ranges based on the proposed 

method. The actual ranges may differ 

slightly from the listed ones, because 

results from the certification of 

reference materials would be included 

in determining the ranges. The proposed 

change will require greater accuracy 

from the test kits. Test kit manufacturers 

and other interested parties are 

encouraged to review the additional 

technical information, which serves as 

the basis for these changes at https://

www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

media/technical-doc-frn-ams-fgis-20- 

0061.pdf. 

TABLE 1—AFLATOXINS

Aflatoxins 

(ppb) 

Acceptable range 

(ppb) 

Current Proposed 

5.0 ............................... 2.5–7.5 3.5–6.5 

20 ................................ 12–28 14–26 

100 .............................. 68–130 69–130 

300 .............................. 200–400 220–380 

TABLE 2—DEOXYNIVALENOL

Deoxynivalenol 

(ppm) 

Acceptable range 

(ppm) 

Current Proposed 

0.50 ............................. 0.30–0.70 0.38–0.62 

2.0 ............................... 1.5–2.5 1.6–2.4 

5.0 ............................... 4.0–6.0 4.1–5.9 

30 ................................ 24–36 26–34 

TABLE 3—FUMONISINS

Fumonisins 

(ppm) 

Acceptable range 

(ppm) 

Current Proposed 

0.50 ............................. 0.32–0.68 0.38–0.62 

2.0 ............................... 1.4–2.6 1.6–2.4 

5.0 ............................... 3.7–6.3 4.1–5.9 

30 ................................ 22–38 26–34 

100 .............................. 74–130 89–110 

TABLE 4—OCHRATOXIN A 

Ochratoxin A 

(ppb) 

Acceptable range 

(ppb) 

Current Proposed 

1.0 ............................... .................... 0.69–1.3 

5.0 ............................... 3.0–7.0 3.5–6.5 

20 ................................ 12–28 14–26 

100 .............................. 60–140 69–130 

TABLE 5—ZEARALENONE

Zearalenone 

(ppb) 

Acceptable range 

(ppb) 

Current Proposed 

20 ................................ .................... 14–26 

100 .............................. 50–150 69–130 

250 .............................. 150–350 180–320 

1000 ............................ 600–1400 780–1200 

Number of Readers 

Mycotoxin concentrations are 

determined by an electronic instrument, 

often referred to as a ‘‘reader’’ by test kit 

manufacturers and users. AMS has 

observed variation in test results during 

side-by-side comparisons of identical 

reader models. Therefore, AMS 

proposes to use three separate readers 

during the evaluation process. 

Test Kit Manufacturer Analysts 

AMS proposes to update the criteria 

documents to allow up to two analysts 

from the test kit manufacturer to 

participate in the performance 

verification study conducted at the AMS 

facility. Participation by the test kit 

manufacturer promotes transparency 

and trust in the program. 

Extraction Method 

Each mycotoxin has one or two 

primary grains, which must be included 

in the scope of the test kit. AMS 

identifies a primary grain based on the 

known occurrence of the mycotoxin and 

the frequency of official testing requests. 

Table 6 shows the list of primary grains 

by mycotoxin. 

TABLE 6—LIST OF PRIMARY GRAINS

BY MYCOTOXIN

Mycotoxin .................. Primary Grain(s) 

Aflatoxins ................... Corn 

Deoxynivalenol .......... Corn and Wheat 

Fumonisins ................ Corn 

Ochratoxin A ............. Wheat 

Zearalenone .............. Corn 

Any other commodities for which a 

manufacturer seeks test kit approval are 

referred to as ‘‘additional commodities.’’ 

AMS requires the use of naturally 

contaminated samples to evaluate test 

kit accuracy for the primary grain, but 

allows artificial fortification through the 

addition of standard solutions for 

additional commodity samples. A 

standard solution is a known amount of 

the mycotoxin dissolved in a solvent. 

AMS proposes to require that the 

extraction method used for the primary 

grain(s) be the same extraction method 

used for additional commodities. This 

change would provide evidence that the 

method can generate accurate results for 

both naturally contaminated grain and 

artificially contaminated commodities. 

Update Criteria Issuance and 

Conformance 

AMS proposes to issue the updated 

performance criteria within six months 

after the end of the comment period. 

Test kit submissions received more than 

one year after issuing the new criteria 

would be required to meet the new 

performance criteria to earn a certificate 

of conformance. During the transition 

year, manufacturers could choose to 

submit under the old or new criteria. 

However, certificates of conformance 

granted under the old performance 

criteria would expire after one year. In 

contrast, those granted under the new 

performance criteria would expire after 

three years. The expiration dates for 

existing certificates of conformance 

would not be affected. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k; 7 US C 1621– 

1627 

Bruce Summers, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27850 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Generic Clearance 

for the Special Nutrition Programs 

Quick Response Surveys (SNP QRS) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is a revision of a 

currently approved collection to 

conduct short, quick-turnaround 

surveys of State and local agencies 

providing food, education, and other 

services in the Child Nutrition and 

Supplemental Nutrition and Safety 

Programs administered at the federal 

level by the Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS). These programs include the 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children; National School Lunch 

Program; School Breakfast Program; 

Special Milk Program; Fresh Fruit and 

Vegetable Program; Summer Food 

Service Program; Child and Adult Care 

Food Program; USDA Foods in Schools; 


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Food Distribution Program on Indian 

Reservations; The Emergency Food 

Assistance Program; and the Commodity 

Supplemental Food Program. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted via email to amy.rosenthal@

usda.gov. Comments will also be 

accepted through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Amy Rosenthal at 

703–305–2017 or amy.rosenthal@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions that were 

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 on those who are to 

respond, including use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Special Nutrition Programs Quick 

Response Surveys (SNP QRS). 

Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Number: 0584–0613. 

Expiration Date: 2/28/21. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) intends to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for a generic 

clearance that will allow FNS to 

conduct short, quick-turnaround 

surveys of State, local, and Tribal 

agencies and businesses that receive 

food, funds, and nutrition information 

through the Child Nutrition and 

Supplemental Nutrition and Safety 

Programs. 

These programs include the Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); 

National School Lunch Program (NSLP); 

School Breakfast Program (SBP); Special 

Milk Program; Fresh Fruit and Vegetable 

Program (FFVP); Summer Food Service 

Program (SFSP); Child and Adult Care 

Food Program (CACFP); USDA Foods in 

Schools; Food Distribution Program on 

Indian Reservations (FDPIR); The 

Emergency Food Assistance Program 

(TEFAP); and the Commodity 

Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). 

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–296, Sec. 305) 

mandates programs under its 

authorization to cooperate with USDA 

program research and evaluation 

activities. Traditionally, FNS conducts 

large, program-specific studies to collect 

information on numerous features of 

each program. Such studies often take 

several years to complete. Quick 

response surveys provide a system for 

rapidly collecting current information 

on a specific feature or issue, and, 

therefore, enable FNS to administer the 

programs more effectively. 

The data collection activities under 

this clearance will include: (1) An 

annual sample frame data collection and 

(2) quick-response surveys. The annual 

sample frame data collection will 

request contact information from the 

States for the local agencies within their 

purview. The quick-response survey 

data collections will be used to survey 

key administrators of the SNP at the 

State, local, and site level to answer 

policy and implementation questions. 

Following standard OMB 

requirements, FNS will submit a change 

request to OMB for each data collection 

activity undertaken under this generic 

clearance. The respondents will be 

identified at the time that each change 

request is submitted to OMB. FNS will 

provide OMB with the instruments and 

supporting materials describing the 

research project and specific pre-testing 

activities. 

This revision makes minor changes to 

the information collection as originally 

approved. The USDA Foods in Schools 

program is included as a separate 

program, and minor updates to the 

sample sizes reflect the most recent 

estimates of the number of State, Local 

and Tribal agencies and businesses 

involved in the programs and the 

distribution of local-level providers 

between government agencies and 

businesses. The type of information to 

be collected, the methods of collection, 

and the frequency of collection will 

remain the same; however, we have 

removed references to reminder emails 

from the burden table. The estimated 

number of total responses has decreased 

from 83,582 (250,745 over three years) 

to 36,515 (109,545 over three years), and 

the total burden hours estimate has 

decreased from 11,508 (34,523 hours 

over three years) to 10,288 (30,864 hours 

over 3 years). 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Governments and Businesses. 

State, Local and Tribal government 

respondents will include: (1) State 

Program Directors, including WIC State 

Agency directors and nutrition 

education and breastfeeding 

coordinators, directors of the Child 

Nutrition programs (NSLP, SBP, FFVP, 

SFSP, CACFP), directors of State 

Distributing Agencies (CSFP, TEFAP, 

USDA Foods in Schools), and FDPIR 

State Agencies and Indian Tribal 

Organizations; and (2) local-level 

program administrators, including Local 

WIC Agencies and Sites, School Food 

Authorities (SFAs), Schools, SFSP 

Sponsors and Sites, USDA Foods in 

Schools Local Agencies and Providers, 

TEFAP Eligible Recipient Agencies 

(ERAs) and Emergency Food 

Organizations (EFOs), and CSFP Local 

Agencies. Business respondents will 

include not-for-profit local WIC Sites, 

not-for-profit SFSP Sponsors and Sites, 

for-profit and not-for-profit CACFP 

Sponsors and Providers, not-for-profit 

TEFAP ERAs and EFOs, and not-forprofit CSFP Local Agenices. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of annual 

respondents is 35,999. This includes all 

State Program Directors (516 total) and 

a sample of local-level program 

administrators from local government 

agencies (17,203 total) and businesses 

(18,280 total). The total number of 

respondents includes 7,097 local 

program administrators from both local 

agencies (3,441 total) and businesses 

(3,656 total) whom FNS expects will not 

respond to the QRS survey request. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Once per year, each State 

agency responsible for a program will be 

asked to provide contact information for 

their respective local agencies as part of 

the sample frame data collection. State 

agencies will also be asked to complete 

up to one survey per year for each 

program it oversees. Local agencies and 

businesses will be asked to complete up 

to one survey per year for each program 

they operate. FNS estimates that 

respondents will average 1.02 responses 

per year (29,418 responses/28,902 

respondents), with non-respondents 

averaging one response per year. Across 

all participants (respondents and nonrespondents combined) the estimated 

average number of responses per year is 

approximately 1.01 (36,515 responses/ 

35,999 total respondents). 


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Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

The estimated total annual responses is 

36,515, for a total of 109,545 responses 

over all three years. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated time of response ranges from 

20 minutes (.33 hours) to 1 hour for 

respondents and 1 minute (.02 hours) 

for non-respondents, depending on the 

data collection activity, as shown in the 

table below. The average estimated time 

across all responses is approximately 17 

minutes (0.28 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: The estimated total 

annual burden is 10,288 hours, for a 

total of 30,864 over all three years. See 

the table below for estimated total 

annual burden for each type of 

respondent. 


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Pamilyn Miller, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27834 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

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