Notice2021-14655
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Animal Food Labeling; Declaration of Certified and Non-Certified Color Additives
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Published
July 9, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentFood and Drug Administration
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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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36284-36285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14655]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0025]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Animal Food Labeling;
Declaration of Certified and Non-Certified Color Additives
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, Health and Human Services (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 August 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are
received, OMB recommends that written comments be submitted to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 0910-0721. Also include the FDA docket
number found in brackets in the heading of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JonnaLynn Capezzuto, Office of
Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-
12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-3794,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85d5d7c4d6f1e4e3e3c5e3e1e4abededf6abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d585879486a1b4b3b395b3b1b4fbbdbda6fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
Animal Food Labeling; Declaration of Certified and Non-Certified Color
Additives
OMB Control Number 0910-0721--Extension
FDA has the authority under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FD&C Act) to issue regulations concerning animal food.
Specifically, section 403(i) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 343(i))
requires that certified color additives used in or on a food must be
declared by their common or usual names and not be designated by the
collective term ``colorings.'' Our regulations in part 501 (21 CFR part
501) set forth the requirements for animal food labeling. Under Sec.
501.22(k)(21 CFR 501.22(k)), animal food manufacturers must declare on
the animal food label the presence of certified and noncertified color
additives in their animal food products. Our animal food labeling
regulation at Sec. 501.22(k) is consistent with the regulations
requiring the declaration of color additives on human food labels. The
purpose of the labeling is to provide animal owners with information on
the color additives used in animal food. Animal owners use the
information to become knowledgeable about the foods they purchase for
their animals. Color additive information enables a consumer to
comparison shop and to avoid substances to which their animals may be
sensitive.
In the Federal Register of March 4, 2021 (86 FR 12690), FDA
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed
collection of information. We received 22 comments expressing the
importance of color additive information on pet food labeling, along
with other ingredient disclosures. FDA appreciates these comments; at
this time, we are not revising the regulations found at Sec. 501.22(k)
related to color additive information on the labeling of animal food.
FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
Description of Respondents: Respondents to this collection of
information are manufacturers of pet food products that contain color
additives.
FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
Table 1--Estimated Annual Third-Party Disclosure Burden 1
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Number of
21 CFR section; activity Number of disclosures Total annual Average burden per disclosure Total hours
respondents per respondent disclosures
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501.22(k); labeling of color additive or 3,120 0.8292 2,587 0.25 (15 minutes)......................... 647
lake of color additive; labeling of color
additives not subject to certification.
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
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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: July 2, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-14655 Filed 7-8-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4164-01-P
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