Notice2025-18614

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food

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September 25, 2025

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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 90, Number 184 (Thursday, September 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46228-46229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18614]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2024-N-5944]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Sanitary 
Transportation of Human and Animal Food

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 October 27, 2025.

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 0910-0773. Also include the FDA docket 
number found in brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Sanford, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89d9dbc8dafde8efefc9efede8a7e1e1faa7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cb9b998a98bfaaadad8badafaae5a3a3b8e5aca4bd">[email&#160;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.

Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food--21 CFR Part 1, 
Subpart O

OMB Control Number 0910-0773--Extension

    This information collection supports FDA regulations regarding the 
sanitary transportation of human and animal food. Section 402(i) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 342(i)), 
establishes that food that is transported or offered for transport by a 
shipper, carrier by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, receiver, or any 
other person engaged in the transportation of food under conditions 
that are not in compliance with the regulations issued under section 
416 is adulterated. Section 416 (21 U.S.C. 350e) of the FD&C Act, 
requires shippers, carriers by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, 
receivers, and other persons engaged in the transportation of food to 
use prescribed sanitary transportation practices to ensure that food is 
not transported under conditions that may render the food adulterated. 
Section 416 of the FD&C Act also directs that we prescribe appropriate 
human and animal food transportation practice requirements relating to: 
(1) sanitation; (2) packaging, isolation, and other protective 
measures; (3) limitations on the use of vehicles; (4) information to be 
disclosed to carriers and to manufacturers; and (5) recordkeeping.
    Additionally, section 703 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 373) provides 
that a shipper, carrier by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, receiver, or 
other person subject to section 416 of the FD&C Act must, on request of 
an officer or employee designated by FDA, permit the officer or 
employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all 
records that are required to be kept under the regulations issued under 
section 416.
    Accordingly, we issued regulations in 21 CFR part 1, subpart O (21 
CFR 1.900 through 1.934) that establish requirements for the sanitary 
transportation of human and animal food, as well as prescribe 
procedures for respondents who wish to request a waiver for any 
requirement. Under section 1.924 of 21 CFR part 1, subpart O, waivers 
are requested in the same manner as prescribed in Sec.  10.30 (21 CFR 
10.30). Electronic submissions are accepted via <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> as 
prescribed in Sec.  10.30(b)(1). The collections of information in 
Sec.  10.30 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0191. For 
additional information regarding Agency implementation of sections 
402(i), 416, and 703 of the FD&C Act, visit our website at <a href="https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-final-rule-sanitary-transportation-human-and-animal-food">https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-final-rule-sanitary-transportation-human-and-animal-food</a>.
    Description of Respondents: Respondents to this collection of 
information are domestic shippers and carriers, and in certain 
circumstances, foreign shippers of human and animal food. Respondents 
are from the private sector (for-profit businesses).
    In the Federal Register of June 27, 2025 (90 FR 27628), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. One comment was received in support of the 
information collection.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

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                                                   Table 1--Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden \1\
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                                                                    Number of
            21 CFR section; activity                Number of      records per    Total annual          Average burden per recordkeeping          Total
                                                  recordkeepers   recordkeeper       records                                                      hours
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1.912; Record retention........................       1,502,032               1       1,502,032  0.083 (5 minutes)............................   124,669
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


                                 Table 2--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                       Number of
     21 CFR section; activity         Number of      responses per     Total annual    Average burden    Total
                                     respondents       respondent       responses       per response     hours
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1.914; Waiver petitions..........               2                1                2               24         48
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.


                                               Table 3--Estimated Annual Third-Party Disclosure Burden \1\
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                                                                    Number of
            21 CFR section; activity                Number of    disclosures per   Total annual           Average burden per disclosure           Total
                                                   respondents      respondent      disclosures                                                   hours
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1.908; Disclosure of sanitary specifications;               226                1             226  0.5833 (~35 mins.)..........................       132
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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. However, we note that due to rounding, the number of total 
burden hours recorded by OMB (124,848 hours) has increased by one hour 
(now 124,849 hours).

Grace R. Graham,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-18614 Filed 9-24-25; 8:45 am]
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