[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 50 (Thursday, March 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12178-12179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4685]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 2006N-0472]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Substances Prohibited 
From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant 
Feed

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: Fax written comments on the collection of information by April 
16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, 
FAX: 202-395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denver Presley, Jr., Office of the 
Chief Information Officer (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301- 827-1472.

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.

Substances Prohibited from Use in Animal Food or Feed; Animal Proteins 
Prohibited in Ruminant Feed--21 CFR 589.2000(e)(1)(iv) (OMB Control 
Number 0910-0339)--Extension

    This information collection was established because epidemiological 
evidence gathered in the United Kingdom suggested that bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a progressively degenerative central 
nervous system disease, is spread to ruminant animals by feeding 
protein derived from ruminants infected with BSE. That regulation 
places general requirements on persons that manufacture, blend, 
process, and distribute products that contain or may contain protein 
derived from mammalian tissue, and feeds made from such products.
    In the Federal Register of December 4, 2006 (71 FR 70409), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the information 
collection provisions. No comments were received.
    The respondents for this collection of information are 
manufacturers and or distributors of products that contain or may 
contain protein derived from mammalian tissues and feeds made from such 
products.

                                                   Table 1.--Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden\1\
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                                                              No. of         Annual Frequency       Total Annual
                    21 CFR Section                        Recordkeepers      per Recordkeeping        Records       Hours per  Record     Total Hours
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589.2000(e)(1)(iv)                                                    400                     1                400                 14              5,600
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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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    Dated: March 7, 2007.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-4685 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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