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representative survey of consumers’ 

knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about 

food safety. Previous versions of the 

survey were collected in 1988, 1993, 

1998, 2001, and 2006. Data from the 

previous surveys are being used to 

evaluate two Healthy People 2010 

objectives: (1) Increase the proportion of 

consumers who follow key food safety 

practices (Objective 10–5), and (2) 

reduce severe allergic reactions to food 

among adults (Objective 10–4b). 

Additionally, data are used to measure 

trends in consumer food safety habits 

including hand and cutting board 

washing, cooking practices, and use of 

food thermometers. Finally, data are 

used to evaluate educational messages 

and to inform policymakers about 

consumer attitudes about novel 

technologies such as food irradiation 

and biotechnology. 

Since 2006, there have been several 

high profile recalls of FDA-regulated 

food due to contamination. Information 

about food recalls does not always reach 

the intended audience (Refs. 1, 2, and 

3). The Food Safety Survey planned for 

2009 will look specifically at reasons 

why consumers do not always heed 

food recall alerts. A new food recall 

module will be added that contains new 

questions to learn about how recent 

food recalls have affected consumer 

confidence in the food supply and what 

effect, if any, they have on consumers’ 

home food safety behaviors. This 

information will help FDA develop 

strategies to more effectively 

communicate food recall information to 

the public. 

The methods for the 2009 version of 

the Food Safety Survey will be the same 

as for the previous Food Safety Surveys. 

A nationally representative sample of 

4,000 adults in households with 

telephones will be selected at random 

and interviewed by telephone. This 

survey will include an oversample of 

Hispanics with a minimum of 500 

Hispanics sampled. Additionally, 200 

initial non-respondents will be asked to 

participate in a short version of the 

survey to conduct a non-response 

analysis. Participation will be voluntary. 

Cognitive interviews and a pre-test will 

be conducted prior to fielding the 

survey. 

FDA estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN1

Activity No. of 

Respondents 

Annual Frequency 

per Response 

Total Annual 

Responses 

Hours per 

Response Total Hours 

Cognitive Interviews 20 1 20 1 20 

Pretest 27 1 27 0 .5 14 

Screener 10,000 1 10,000 .0167 167 

Survey 4,000 1 4,000 .30 1,200 

Non-response 200 1 200 .10 20 

Total 1,421 

1There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. 

FDA’s burden estimate is based on the 

agency’s prior experience with the Food 

Safety Survey. 

Please note that on January 15, 2008, 

the FDA Division of Dockets 

Management Web site transitioned to 

the Federal Dockets Management 

System (FDMS). FDMS is a 

Government-wide, electronic docket 

management system. Electronic 

comments or submissions will be 

accepted by FDA only through FDMS at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

II. References 

1. Cuite, C.L., S.C. Condry, M.L. Nucci, 

W.K. Hallman. ‘‘Public Response to the 

Contaminated Spinach Recall of 2006.’’ 

(Publication number RR–0107–013), 2007. 

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, the State 

University of New Jersey, Food Policy 

Institute. 

2. Mahon, B.E., L. Slutsker, L. Hutwagner, 

C. Drenzek, K. Maloney, K. Toomey, P.M. 

Griffin. ‘‘Consequences in Georgia of a 

Nationwide Outbreak of Salmonella 

Infections: What You Don’t Know Might Hurt 

You.’’ American Journal of Public Health. 

89(1):31–35, 1999. 

3. Patrick, M.E., P.M. Griffin, A.C. Voetsch, 

P.S. Mead, ‘‘Effectiveness of Recall 

Notification: Community Response to a 

Nationwide Recall of Hot Dogs and Deli 

Meats.’’ Journal of Food Protection. 

70(10):2373–2376, 2007. 

Dated: September 10, 2008. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy and 

Planning. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Part C Early Intervention Services 

Grant 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive 

Program Expansion Supplemental 

Award. 

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) will be 

providing temporary critical HIV 

medical care and treatment services 

through GLH Magnolia Medical Clinic 

to avoid a disruption of HIV clinical 

care to clients in Bolivar, Sunflower and 

Washington counties in Mississippi. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Intended recipient of the award: GLH 

Magnolia Medical Clinic, Greenwood, 

Mississippi. 

Amount of the award: $97,500 to 

ensure ongoing clinical services to the 

target population. 

Authority: Section 2651 of the Public 

Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300ff–51. 

CFDA Number: 93.918. 

Project period: The period of 

supplemental support is from 

September 1, 2008, to December 31, 

2008. 

Justification for the Exception to 

Competition: Critical funding for HIV 

medical care and treatment services to 

clients in Bolivar, Sunflower and 

Washington Counties in Mississippi 

will be continued through a 

noncompetitive program expansion 

supplement to an existing grant award 

to GLH Magnolia Medical Clinic in 

Greenwood, Mississippi. This is a 


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temporary award because the previous 

grant recipient serving this population 

notified HRSA that it would not 

continue in the program after the fiscal 

year (FY) 2008 award was made. GLH 

Magnolia Medical clinic is the best 

qualified grantee for this supplement, 

since it serves many of the former 

grantee’s patients and is the closest Part 

C Program to the former grantee. Further 

funding beyond December 31, 2008, for 

this service area will be competitively 

awarded during the next Part C HIV 

Early Intervention Service (EIS) 

competing application process for FY 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Treat, via e-mail 

ktreat@hrsa.gov, or via telephone, 301– 

443–0493. 

Dated: September 10, 2008. 

Elizabeth M. Duke, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Maternal and Child Health Services; 

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening 

and Intervention Program 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of noncompetitive 

program expansion supplemental 

award. 

SUMMARY: The National Center for 

Hearing Assessment and Management 

(NCHAM) at Utah State University is the 

national resource center for the 

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening 

and Intervention Program. Funds will be 

used to provide technical assistance and 

training for physiologic hearing 

screening services in Early Head Start 

and Head Start programs in 17 States 

with plans to expand to 3 additional 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Intended 

Recipient of the Award: The National 

Center for Hearing Assessment and 

Management (NCHAM) at Utah State 

University. 

Amount of Supplemental Award(s): 

The amount of the supplemental award 

is $400,000. Based on satisfactory 

performance, continued need, and 

availability of funds, a second and final 

non-competitive supplemental award 

for this activity may be awarded for 12 

additional months. 

Authority: Section 349 of the Public 

Health Service Act. 

CFDA Number: 93.251. 

Project Period: The project period for 

this cooperative agreement is April 1, 

2005, through March 31, 2010. The 

period of supplemental support for this 

award is from September 1, 2008, 

through March 31, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Irene Forsman, via e-mail: 

iforsman@hrsa.gov or via telephone 

301–443–2370. 

Justification for the Exception to 

Competition: The National Center for 

Hearing Assessment and Management 

(NCHAM) at Utah State University is the 

national resource center for the 

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening 

and Intervention program. They 

successfully applied for funds to 

support a program of national technical 

assistance in 2000 and again in 2004. 

There were no other applicants for this 

cooperative agreement in either 

competition. There is no other 

organization providing technical 

assistance to State-based Early Hearing 

Detection and Intervention (EHDI) 

programs. 

In 2001, the Health Services and 

Resources Administration’s (HRSA) 

Maternal and Child Health Bureau 

(MCHB) entered into a 3-year IntraAgency Agreement with the 

Administration on Children and 

Families (ACF) Office of Head Start 

(OHS) to provide physiologic hearing 

screening services to Migrant and Native 

American Early Head Start sites in 3 

States. NCHAM was awarded a 

supplemental grant to develop training 

materials for the staff and provided 

technical assistance and support. Since 

2005, ACF/OHS has supported NCHAM 

through a one-time award which cannot 

be renewed. In that time period, 

NCHAM successfully expanded the 

screening program to 17 States. ACF/ 

OHS has submitted an Intra-Agency 

Agreement to HRSA/MCHB to continue 

the work in 17 States and to expand to 

3 additional States. 

NCHAM is unique in its technical 

assistance capacity to provide the type 

of services for the training. Since it is 

the national center that supports the 

EHDI program, it is well positioned to 

catalyze significant relationships 

between community-based Head Start 

programs and State-wide EHDI 

programs. The resource center has a 

regionalized system of audiologists, 

each of whom has responsibility for 

several States. NCHAM has developed 

multiple training mechanisms including 

manuals, CDs and a Web site 

(infanthearing.org) rich in resources to 

assist health providers, educators of the 

deaf, families, policymakers and others 

involved in providing timely and 

appropriate screening, diagnosis and 

intervention services for infants and 

children with hearing loss and their 

families. There is no other entity 

providing these services, nor has any 

other entity expressed interest in doing 

so. For the reasons identified above, the 

HRSA is awarding the supplemental 

funds non-competitively. 

Dated: September 10, 2008. 

Elizabeth M. Duke, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings Pursuant to Section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as Amended (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2), Notice Is Hereby Given of 

the Following Meetings 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(cX4) and 552b(cX6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Renal and Urological 

Studies Integrated Review Group, 

Pathobiology of Kidney Disease Study 

Section. 

Date: October 2, 2008. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Hotel Rouge, 1315 16th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Contact Person: Krystyna E. Rys-Sikora, 

PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4016J, 

MSC 7814, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–451– 

1325, ryssokok@csr.nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

Name of Committee: Health of the 

Population Integrated Review Group, 

Epidemiology of Cancer Study Section. 

Date: October 2–3, 2008. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications 


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