Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request on FSIS Information Collections for Meat, Poultry, and Inedible Products
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking renewal of three existing information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The collections cover the voluntary cooperative interstate shipment program for meat and poultry products from small state-inspected establishments, permits to transport undenatured inedible meat products, and permits to obtain specimens of condemned or inedible materials from official establishments. Comments on the necessity, burden estimates, and ways to reduce burden are due by April 22, 2026. The notices provide OMB control numbers, respondent counts, response frequencies, and total annual burden hours for each collection.
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Key Changes
- Renewal of OMB Control Number 0583-0143 for Interstate Shipment of Meat and Poultry Products with 67 respondents and 733 total burden hours
- Renewal of OMB Control Number 0583-0179 for Permit to Transport Undenatured Inedible Meat Products with 150 respondents and 25 total burden hours
- Renewal of OMB Control Number 0583-0180 for Permit to Obtain Specimens of Condemned Materials with 1,642 respondents and 274 total burden hours
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What this law requires
State-inspected meat and poultry establishments with 25 or fewer employees must comply with all Federal standards under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) to participate in the voluntary cooperative interstate shipment program
Official establishments must apply in writing to their District Office to obtain a permit before transporting undenatured inedible meat products in commerce
Permit applications for transport of undenatured inedible meat products must include the applicant's name and address, description of business operations type, and purpose of the application
Any person desiring specimens of condemned or inedible materials from official establishments must file a written application on FSIS Form 6700-2 with the purpose for specimens clearly indicated
Applicants for condemned or inedible material specimens must arrange with and receive permission from the official establishment before collection