[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21679-21680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07510]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0736]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Tracking Network for
PETNet, LivestockNet, and SampleNet
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit written comments (including recommendations) on the
collection of information by May 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are
received, OMB recommends that written comments be submitted to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function. The OMB control number for
this information collection is 0910-0680. Also include the FDA docket
number found in brackets in the heading of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Domini Bean, Office of Operations,
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-5733,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
Tracking Network for PETNet, LivestockNet, and SampleNet
OMB Control Number 0910-0680--Extension
The Center for Veterinary Medicine and the Partnership for Food
Protection developed a web-based tracking network (the tracking
network) to allow Federal, State, and Territorial regulatory and public
health Agencies to share
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safety information about animal food. Information is submitted to the
tracking network by regulatory and public health Agency employees with
membership rights. The efficient exchange of safety information is
necessary because it improves early identification and evaluation of a
risk associated with an animal food product. We use the information to
assist regulatory Agencies to quickly identify and evaluate a risk and
take whatever action is necessary to mitigate or eliminate exposure to
the risk. Earlier identification and communication with respect to
emerging safety information may also mitigate the potential adverse
economic impact for the impacted parties associated with such safety
issues. The tracking network was developed under the requirements set
forth under section 1002(b) of the Food and Drug Administration
Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) (Pub. L. 110-085). Section 1002(b) of
the FDAAA required FDA, in relevant part, to establish a pet food early
warning alert system.
The tracking network collects: (1) reports of pet food-related
illness and product defects associated with dog food, cat food, and
food for other pets, which are submitted via the Pet Event Tracking
Network (PETNet); (2) reports of animal food-related illness and
product defects associated with animal food for livestock animals,
aquaculture species, and horses (LivestockNet); and (3) reports about
animal food laboratory samples considered adulterated by State or FDA
regulators (SampleNet).
PETNet and LivestockNet reports share the following common data
elements, the majority of which are drop down menu choices: product
details (product name, lot code, product form, and the manufacturer or
distributor/packer (if known)), the species affected, number of animals
exposed to the product, number of animals affected, body systems
affected, product problem/defect, date of onset or the date product
problem was detected, the State where the incident occurred, the origin
of the information, whether there are supporting laboratory results,
and contact information for the reporting member (i.e., name, telephone
number will be captured automatically when member logs in to the
system). For the LivestockNet report, additional data elements specific
to livestock animals are captured: product details (indication of
whether the product is a medicated product, product packaging, and
intended purpose of the product), class of the animal species affected,
and production loss. For PETNet reports, the only additional data field
is the animal life stage. The SampleNet reports have the following data
elements, many of which are drop down menu choices: product information
(product name, lot code, guarantor information, date and location of
sample collection, and product description); laboratory information
(sample identification number, the reason for testing, whether the food
was reported to the Reportable Food Registry, who performed the
analysis); and results information (analyte, test method, analytical
results, whether the results contradict a label claim or guarantee, and
whether action was taken as a result of the sample analysis).
Description of Respondents: Voluntary respondents to this
collection of information are Federal, State, and Territorial
regulatory and public health Agency employees with membership access to
the Animal Feed Network.
In the Federal Register of December 22, 2022 (87 FR 78687), we
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed
collection of information. One comment was received but was not
responsive to the information collection topics solicited.
We estimate the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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Number of
Activity Number of responses per Total annual Average burden per response Total hours
respondents respondent responses
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PETNet....................................... 5 5 25 0.25 (15 minutes)....................... 6.25
LivestockNet................................. 5 5 25 0.25 (15 minutes)....................... 6.25
SampleNet.................................... 5 5 25 0.25 (15 minutes)....................... 6.25
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Total.................................... .............. .............. ............... ........................................ 18.75
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
Based on a review of the information collection since our last
request for OMB approval, we have made no adjustments to our burden
estimate.
Dated: April 5, 2023.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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