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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 87, No. 21 

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 

UNITED STATES AFRICAN 

DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 

Public Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

of Directors 

AGENCY: United States African 

Development Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The US African Development 

Foundation (USADF) will hold its 

quarterly meeting of the Board of 

Directors to discuss the agency’s 

programs and administration. This 

meeting will occur at the USADF office. 

DATES: The meeting date is Tuesday, 

February 1, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is 

USADF, 1400 I St. NW, Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nina-Belle Mbayu, (202)233–8808. 

Authority: Public Law 96–533 (22 

U.S.C. 290h). 

Dated: January 26, 2022. 

Nina-Belle Mbayu, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01977 Filed 1–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2021–0031] 

Notice of Request for a New 

Information Collection: Analyzing 

Consumers’ Value of ‘‘Product of USA’’ 

Labeling Claims 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

its intention to collect information using 

a web-based survey/experiment to help 

gauge consumer awareness and 

understanding of current ‘‘Product of 

USA’’ labeling claims on meat (beef and 

pork) products and consumer 

willingness to pay (WTP) for meat 

products labeled as ‘‘Product of USA’’ 

using the current and potentially 

revised definitions of the claim. FSIS 

also intends to collect information on 

consumer understanding of other 

‘‘USDA’’ labeling on meat products, 

such as the ‘‘USDA Choice’’ label and 

the USDA mark of inspection. This is a 

new information collection with an 

estimated annual burden of 1,815.1 

hours. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

Federal Register notice. Comments may 

be submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website provides commenters the ability 

to type short comments directly into the 

comment field on the web page or to 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 

3758, Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered 

submittals: Deliver to 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2021–0031. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or comments received, call 

(202) 205–0495 to schedule a time to 

visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–3700. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Kouba, Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 

3758, South Building, Washington, DC 

20250–3700; (202) 720–5627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Analyzing Consumers’ Value of 

‘‘Product of USA’’ Labeling Claims. 

OMB Number: 0583–XXXX. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

information collection. 

Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the 

authority to exercise the functions of the 

Secretary (7 CFR 2.18, 2.53), as specified 

in the Federal Meat Inspection Act 

(FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.). This 

statute mandates that FSIS protect the 

public by verifying that meat products 

are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and 

properly labeled and packaged. 

The FSIS Food Standards and 

Labeling Policy Book (the ‘‘Policy 

Book’’) provides guidance to help meat 

and poultry product manufacturers 

prepare product labels that are truthful 

and not misleading. The Policy Book 

states that meat (beef and pork) labeling 

may bear the phrase ‘‘Product of USA’’ 

under one of the following conditions: 

(1) if the country to which the product is 

exported requires this phrase, and the 

product is processed in the United States or 

(2) if the product is processed in the 

United States (i.e., is of domestic origin). 

Accordingly, the ‘‘Product of USA’’ 

labeling claim may be applied to meat 

products derived from animals that have 

been imported from a foreign country 

but slaughtered in the United States, as 

well as to meat products that have been 

imported from a foreign country and 

repackaged or otherwise further 

processed in the United States. 

USDA has received three petitions 

from industry associations regarding the 

origin of meat products bearing the 

‘‘Product of USA’’ labeling claim, 

requesting that the meaning of the claim 

be publicly revised by USDA. 

Additionally, in August 2021, bills were 

introduced in the House of 

Representatives and the Senate to 

require that cattle be born, raised, and 

slaughtered in the United States in order 

to bear the ‘‘Product of USA’’ labeling 

claim. To address the concern that the 

‘‘Product of USA’’ labeling claim may 

not accurately reflect consumer 

understanding about the origin of FSISregulated products, FSIS intends to 

initiate rulemaking after conducting a 

comprehensive review of the current 


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