In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 1320, this information collection is approved for 15 months. The agency is to provide upon future submission of this information collection documentation concerning the use and cost and hour burdens associated with this collection, including the cost burdens associated with the recordkeeping requirements and the E.coli testing programs (either laboratory costs and/or outside laboratory fees) and the cost and hour burdens associated with the Salmonella testing program and all verification efforts. The agency should also provide information on how the baseline surveys are conducted and justifications as to their validity. OMB also requests historical information to demonstrate the practical utility of this information collection, e.g. provide documentation on: the frequency and degree of SSOP modifications and/or violations and the enforcement actions resulting; the results of the first year of E.coli testing, including the frequency of violations of the performance criteria; and correlations between E.coli testing results and the detection of visible fecal matter by inspection personnel. Finally, since the practical utility of this collection is based upon the transition to a new regulatory system, the agency is to document in future submissions regulatory, paperwork, and cost burdens which have been phased out as a result of this new regulation.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/1998
04/30/1998
70,154,616
0
0
7,904,222
0
0
243,500,000
0
0
This ICR updates the current paperwork and recordkeeping approval for the regulatory requirements in the Pathogen Reduction/HACCP final rule.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Pathogen Reduction, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems