15014 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 54 / Friday, March 20, 2015 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2014–D–1180] 

Draft Guidance for Industry on 

Ensuring Safety of Animal Feed 

Maintained and Fed On-Farm; 

Availability 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing the 

availability of a draft guidance for 

industry #203 entitled ‘‘Ensuring Safety 

of Animal Feed Maintained and Fed OnFarm.’’ This draft guidance is intended 

to help animal producers (persons who 

feed animals) develop and implement 

on-farm practices to ensure the safety of 

animal feed maintained and fed to 

animals on the farm. 

DATES: Although you can comment on 

any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 

10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency 

considers your comment on this draft 

guidance before it begins work on the 

final version of the guidance, submit 

either electronic or written comments 

on the draft guidance by June 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for 

single copies of the draft guidance to the 

Communications Staff (HFV–12), Center 

for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug 

Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 

Rockville, MD 20855. Send one selfaddressed adhesive label to assist that 

office in processing your requests. See 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

for electronic access to the draft 

guidance document. 

Submit electronic comments on the 

draft guidance to http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit written 

comments to the Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Phares Okelo, Center for Veterinary 

Medicine (HFV–226), Food and Drug 

Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 

Rockville, MD 20855, 240–453–6862, 

email: phares.okelo@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

FDA is announcing the availability of 

a draft guidance for industry # 203 

entitled ‘‘Ensuring Safety of Animal 

Feed Maintained and Fed On-Farm.’’ 

This draft guidance is intended to help 

animal producers (persons who feed 

animals) develop and implement onfarm practices to ensure the safety of 

animal feed maintained and fed to 

animals on the farm. In this document, 

‘‘farm’’ means animal production units 

such as integrated poultry grower 

operations, swine finishing units, and 

cattle feedlots. This document outlines 

basic measures that may be taken to 

maintain the safety of all types of feed 

held on the farm for use in animal 

production. This draft guidance 

recommends establishing measures to 

ensure the acquisition of safe feed and 

maintenance of its safety until the feed 

is offered to animals in the farm 

environment. This document does not 

address feed manufacture, which also 

may occur on farms. 

II. Significance of Guidance 

This level 1 draft guidance is being 

issued consistent with FDA’s good 

guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 

10.115). The draft guidance, when 

finalized, will represent the Agency’s 

current thinking on this topic. It does 

not create or confer any rights for or on 

any person and does not operate to bind 

FDA or the public. An alternative 

approach may be used if such approach 

satisfies the requirements of the 

applicable statutes and regulations. 

III. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

FDA concludes that there are no 

collections of information under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

IV. Comments 

Interested persons may submit either 

electronic comments regarding this 

document to http://www.regulations.gov 

or written comments to the Division of 

Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It 

is only necessary to send one set of 

comments. Identify comments with the 

docket number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. Received 

comments may be seen in the Division 

of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday and 

will be posted to the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

V. Electronic Access 

Persons with access to the Internet 

may obtain the draft guidance at either 

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/

GuidanceComplianceEnforcement/

GuidanceforIndustry/default.htm or 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: March 16, 2015. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10550 and CMS– 

10551] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

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