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FDA Seeks Public Input on Information Collection for Social and Behavioral Research

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice invites the public to comment on the FDA's plan to collect qualitative data that supports its social and behavioral research on food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and animal food and feed. It affects consumers and producers involved with these products and encourages feedback on the necessity and burden of the proposed information collection.

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Key Changes

  • The FDA seeks public commentary on collecting qualitative data to aid research on social and behavioral aspects of certain products.
  • The participation in data collection is voluntary and aims to improve communication and policy effectiveness.
  • Feedback is requested on the necessity and burden of the data collection process.

Obligations

What this law requires

medium

Individuals and organizations may submit comments on the proposed collection of qualitative data to the FDA by June 16, 2026.

general publicstakeholders
June 16, 2026
reporting
high

Public comments on the proposed information collection must be submitted either electronically or in written form by June 16, 2026.

general publicstakeholders affected by the regulation
June 16, 2026
reporting
medium

Comments submitted electronically should be made through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at regulations.gov, and must include Docket No. FDA-2026-N-2917.

general publicstakeholders
reporting
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Comments submitted electronically must be posted unchanged unless they contain confidential information that has been properly identified.

comment submitters
disclosure
high

Written comments with confidential information must be submitted as two copies, one marked with 'THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION' and the other with the confidential information redacted.

individuals submitting confidential comments
June 16, 2026
reporting

Affected Parties

Consumers of food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and animal food and feedProducers involved in creating these products

Tags

FDA,qualitative research,public health