Document ID: FDA-2020-N-1119-0038
Agency: fda
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Request for Information and Comments on Consumption of Certain
Uncommon Produce Commodities in the United States; Extension of
Comment Period
Posted Date: 2020-11-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 217 (Monday, November 9, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71294-71295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24806]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 112

[Docket No. FDA-2020-N-1119]

Request for Information and Comments on Consumption of Certain 
Uncommon Produce Commodities in the United States; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notification; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the 
comment period for the notification entitled ``Request for Information 
and Comments on Consumption of Certain Uncommon Produce Commodities in 
the United States'' that appeared in the Federal Register of August 10, 
2020. We are taking this action in response to a request from 
stakeholders to extend the comment period to allow additional time for 
interested persons to develop and submit data, information, and/or 
comments for this Request for Information.

DATES:  FDA is extending the comment period on the Request for 
Information published August 10, 2020 (85 FR 48124). Submit either 
electronic or written comments by January 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before January 8, 2021. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of January 8, 2021. Comments 
received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) 
will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery 
service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2020-N-1119 for ``Request for Information and Comments on 
Consumption of Certain Uncommon Produce Commodities in the United 
States.'' Received comments, those filed in a timely manner (see 
ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket and, except for those 
submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-402-7500.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your

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comments only as a written/paper submission. You should submit two 
copies total. One copy will include the information you claim to be 
confidential with a heading or cover note that states ``THIS DOCUMENT 
CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will review this copy, 
including the claimed confidential information, in its consideration of 
comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed confidential 
information redacted/blacked out, will be available for public viewing 
and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Submit both copies to the 
Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish your name and contact 
information to be made publicly available, you can provide this 
information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your comments and 
you must identify this information as ``confidential.'' Any information 
marked as ``confidential'' will not be disclosed except in accordance 
with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For more 
information about FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 
FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 240-402-7500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samir Assar, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-317), Food and Drug Administration, 5001 
Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-1636.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of August 10, 2020 (85 FR 48124), we 
published a notification entitled ``Request for Information and 
Comments on Consumption of Certain Uncommon Produce Commodities in the 
United States.'' This action opened a docket with a 90-day comment 
period to receive information and comments related to certain produce 
commodities with no or low reported consumption in the database relied 
on to create the list of rarely consumed raw commodities that are 
exempt from the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 
Holding of Produce for Human Consumption (21 CFR part 112) (produce 
safety regulation).
    FDA has received a request for a 60-day extension for this comment 
period in order to allow additional time for interested persons to 
develop and submit data, information, and/or comments for this Request 
for Information. We have concluded that it is reasonable to extend for 
60 days the comment period for this Request for Information. The Agency 
believes that this extension allows adequate time for any interested 
persons to submit data, information, and/or comments for this Request 
for Information.

    Dated: November 3, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-24806 Filed 11-6-20; 8:45 am]
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