[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36284-36285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 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 0910-0721. 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, 
[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.

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]
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