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Vol. 83, No. 161 

Monday, August 20, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 15, 2018. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding (1) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden 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 those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by September 19, 

2018 will be considered. Written 

comments should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), New Executive Office Building, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20502. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit their comments to OMB via 

email to: OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 

and to Departmental Clearance Office, 

USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 

Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of 

the submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

Title: Voluntary Recalls of Meat and 

Poultry Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0583–0135. 

Summary of Collection: The Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

provided in the Federal Meat Inspection 

Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and 

the Poultry Products Inspection Act 

(PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) These 

statutes mandate that FSIS protect the 

public by ensuring that meat and 

poultry products are safe, wholesome, 

unadulterated, and properly labeled and 

packaged. A firm that has produced or 

imported meat or poultry that is 

adulterated or misbranded and is being 

distributed in commerce, may 

voluntarily recall the product in 

question. When a firm voluntarily 

recalls a product, FSIS will conduct a 

recall effectiveness check. 

Need and Use of the Information: In 

conducting a recall, the establishment 

will be asked to provide FSIS with some 

basic information, including the identity 

of the recalled product, the reason for 

the recall, and information about the 

distributors and customers of the 

product. FSIS will check on the 

effectiveness of the recall to ensure that 

all products subject to recall are 

accounted for. FSIS field personnel will 

use FSIS form 8400–4 A to determine 

(1) if the retail consignee received 

notification of the recall and (2) the 

amount of recalled products received. 

FSIS field personnel will also use FSIS 

form 8400–4 B to verify that product 

held by the retail consignee was 

properly disposed. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 6,090. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On Occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,600. 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

Title: Requirements to Notify FSIS of 

Adulterated or Misbranded Product, 

Prepare and Maintain Written Recall 

Procedures, and Document Certain 

HACCP Reassessments. 

OMB Control Number: 0583–0144. 

Summary of Collection: The Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

provided in the Federal Meat Inspection 

Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and 

the Poultry Products Inspection Act 

(PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). These 

statutes mandate that FSIS protect the 

public by verifying that meat and 

poultry products are safe, wholesome, 

unadulterated, and properly labeled and 

packaged. Section 11017 of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(Pub. L. 110–246, 112 Stat. 1651, 448– 

49), amended the FMIA and the PPIA by 

adding sections 12 and 13 to the FMIA 

and by amending section 10 of the PPIA 

(21 U.S.C. 459). These sections require 

official establishments that believe, they 

have shipped into commerce or 

received, misbranded, or adulterated 

products to notify the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Official establishments are to document 

each time they reassess their HACCP 

plans and make the reassessments 

available to FSIS officials for review and 

copying. Official establishments are to 

notify the FSIS District Office that they 

have received or have shipped into 

commerce misbranded or adulterated 

product. The information collected will 

permit FSIS officials to monitor closely 

establishments HACCP plan 

reassessments and to facilitate recalls or 

adulterated or misbranded product. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 6,300. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 47,475. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17881 Filed 8–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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