Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/11/24/03-29195/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-review
Timestamp: 2017-10-23 21:14:42
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 123', 'art 123', '§\u2009123', 'art 110', 'art 123', '§\u2009123', '§\u2009123', '§\u2009123']

A Notice by the Food and Drug Administration on 11/24/2003
Fax written comments on the collection of information by December 24, 2003.
Docket No. 2003N-0318
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-29195 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-29195
Certain provisions in part 123 require that processors and importers of seafood collect and record information. The HACCP records compiled and maintained by a seafood processor primarily consist of the periodic observations recorded at selected monitoring points during processing and packaging operations, as called for in a processor's HACCP plan (e.g., the values for processing times, temperatures, acidity, etc., as observed at critical control points). The primary purpose of HACCP records is to permit a processor to verify that products have been produced within carefully established processing parameters (critical limits) that ensure that hazards have been avoided. HACCP records are normally reviewed by appropriately trained employees at the end of a production lot or at the end of a day or week of production to verify that control limits have been maintained, or that appropriate corrective actions were taken if the critical limits were not maintained. Such verification activities are essential to ensure that the HACCP system is working as planned. A review of these records during the conduct of periodic plant inspections also permits FDA to determine whether the products have been consistently processed in conformance with appropriate HACCP food safety controls.
Section 123.12 requires that importers of seafood products take affirmative steps and maintain records that verify that the fish and fishery products they offer for import into the United States were processed in accordance with the HACCP and sanitation provisions set forth in part 123. These records are also to made available for review by FDA as provided in § 123.12(c).
The time and costs of these recordkeeping activities will vary considerably among processors and importers of fish and fishery products, depending on the type and number of products involved, and on the nature of the equipment or instruments required to monitor critical control points. The burdens have been estimated using typical small seafood processing firms as a model because these firms represent a significant proportion of the industry.
The burden estimate in table 1 of this document includes only those Start Printed Page 65938collections of information under the seafood HACCP regulations that are not already required under other statutes and regulations. For example, the current food manufacturing practices provisions in 21 CFR part 110 already require that all food processors ensure good sanitary practices and conditions, monitor the quality of incoming materials, monitor and control food temperatures to prevent bacterial growth, and perform certain corrective actions and verification procedures. Furthermore, the estimate does not include collections of information that are a usual and customary part of businesses' normal activities. For example, the tagging and labeling of molluscan shellfish (21 CFR 1240.60) is a customary and usual practice among seafood processors. Consequently, the estimates in table 1 of this document account only for new information collection and recording requirements attributable to part 123.
In the Federal Register of July 28, 2003 (68 FR 44341), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the information collection provisions. No comments were received.
Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden1,3
Annual Frequency of Recordkeeping1
Hours per Recordkeeper2
123.6(a), (b), and (c) 243 1 243 16.00 3,888 $58,320.00
123.6(c)(5) 4,850 4 19,400 0.30 5,820 $87,300.00
123.8(a)(1), and (c) 4,850 1 4,850 4.00 19,400 $291,000.00
123.12(a)(2)(ii) 1,000 80 80,000 0.20 16,000 $240,000.00
123.6(c)(7) 4,850 280 1,358,000 0.30 407,400 $6,111,000.00
123.7(d) 1,940 4 7,760 0.10 1,940 $29,100.00
123.8(d) 4,850 47 227,950 0.10 22,795 $341,925.00
123.11(c) 4,850 280 1,358,000 0.10 135,800 $2,037,000.00
123.12(c) 1,000 80 80,000 0.10 8,000 $120,000.00
123.12(a)(2) 50 1 50 4.00 200 $3,000.00
123.10 243 1 24 24.00 5,832 $87,480.00
Annual Burden Hours 627,075 $9,406,125.00
1 The above estimates include the information collection requirements in the following sections:
§ 123.16-Smoked Fish—process controls (see 123.6(b))
§ 123.28(a)-Source Controls—Molluscan Shellfish (see 123.6(b))
§ 123.28(c),(d)-Records—molluscan shellfish (see 123.6(c)(7))
Based on an estimated 280 working days per year.
2 Estimated average time per 8 hour work day unless one time response
3 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
[FR Doc. 03-29195 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]