[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 84 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23466-23467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9373]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2008-N-0249]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; 
Health and Diet Survey; Pet Food Labeling Survey

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an 
opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the 
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information for 
public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments 
on FDA's Pet Food Labeling Survey.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by [May 30, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information 
to http://www.regulations.gov. Submit written comments on the 
collection of information to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-
305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, 
Rockville, MD 20852. All comments should be identified with the docket 
number found in brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4659.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal agencies to provide a notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information before submitting 
the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, 
FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set 
forth in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Health and Diet Survey; Pet Food Labeling Survey--(OMB Control Number 
0910-0545)

    On September 28, 2007, President Bush signed into law the Food and 
Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA). Section 1002(a) of 
FDAAA requires, among other things, that FDA establish ``by 
regulation,'' standards for labeling of pet food, including nutritional 
and ingredient information. The Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), 
FDA, seeks to establish baseline information about consumer use and 
understanding of pet food labels. The survey module would be repeated 
after the new pet food label regulations are implemented to estimate 
changes in consumer beliefs and behavior about pet food labels.
    FDA is required to implement the pet food labeling regulations by 
September 2009. Due to the short time frame, CVM seeks to have adequate 
time to collect the data to inform future research on standardized pet 
food labels. The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's (CFSAN) 
Health and Diet Survey (HDS) (0910-0545) could serve as a vehicle for 
accomplishing this goal. CVM and CFSAN would like to modify the 
existing information collection request, currently at OMB for renewal, 
to include a new module.
    The proposed plan is to sample a subset of those responding to the 
HDS that are also pet owners. We estimate that about 14 questions will 
be asked to approximately 1,000 respondents. CVM does not believe that 
there will be an additional burden because consumers would be asked the 
questions about pet food labels in lieu of other questions

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currently in the HDS. FDA believes that adding the pet food labeling 
questions to the HDS is the most cost effective way of collecting this 
information and precludes the need for a separate pet food labeling 
survey, thus reducing the overall burden to the public.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                 Table 1.--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden\1\
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    Statutory            No. of        Annual Frequency     Total Annual        Hours per
    Authority         Respondents        per Response        Responses           Response         Total Hours
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Public Law 110-85              1,000                  1              1,000               0.08                 80
Sec. 1002(a)(3)
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.

    This burden estimate does not represent a new estimate of burden 
hours. Instead, it represents the estimated number of respondents and 
burden hours that will be used from the current approval for 0910-0545 
to conduct the pet food labeling questions. The total estimated burden 
for 0910-0545 is 1,300 hours. Please note that on January 15, 2008, the 
FDA Division of Dockets Management Web site transitioned to the Federal 
Dockets Management System (FDMS). FDMS is a Government-wide, electronic 
docket management system. Electronic comments or submissions will be 
accepted by FDA only through FDMS at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: April 24, 2008.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.
[FR Doc. E8-9373 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]
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