Regulations Under Section 4 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
03/10/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2021
683,221
808,425
6,832,210
8,084,250
0
0
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seeks renewed clearance for the the information collection requirements in its Regulations Under Section 4 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA). The regulations under the FPLA establish requirements for the manner and form of labeling consumer commodities. They require disclosure of package identity, net quantity of contents, and the name and location of the company responsible for the product. The information required to be disclosed by these regulations is used by consumers to make informed product value comparisons and purchasing decisions.
US Code:
15 USC 1451-1461
Name of Law: The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
There are no program changes or adjustments for this renewal period. The only changes are updates to burden estimates and wage data based on updated BLS data:
⢠Number of Respondents: Based on updated industry data, FTC staff have reduced their estimate of covered entities from 808,425 to 683,221 for this renewal period.
⢠Burden hours: FTC staffâs estimate of annual burden per respondent remains unchanged for this renewal period, but due to the reduction in the number of covered entities the overall annual hours burden for this renewal is reduced from 8,015,140 to 6,832,210 hours.
⢠Labor Costs: FTC staff calculates labor costs by multiplying the annual burden hours estimate by relevant hourly labor costs derived from BLS wage data. Due to the reduction in annual hours burden estimate and the use of updated BLS wage data, the estimated annual labor costs has changed from $199,680,975 to $163,973,040 for this renewal period.
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.
2021 FPLA Rules Supporting Statement.pdf
Regulations Under Section 4 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA)