
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30871-30873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13882]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-1161]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Food Safety Survey

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and 
to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This 
notice solicits comments on a voluntary consumer survey entitled ``Food 
Safety Survey.''

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by September 1, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before September 1, 2017. The https://www.regulations.gov

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electronic filing system will accept comments until midnight Eastern 
Time at the end of September 1, 2017. Comments received by mail/hand 
delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be considered 
timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service acceptance 
receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2013-N-1161 for ``Agency Information Collection Activities; 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Food Safety Survey.'' Received 
comments, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be 
placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential 
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at 
the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish 
your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you 
can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of 
your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ila S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A63, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-7726, 
PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.

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 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing 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.

Food Safety Survey; OMB Control Number 0910-0345--Extension

    Under section 1003(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 393(b)(2)), we are authorized to conduct research 
relating to foods and to conduct educational and public information 
programs relating to the safety of the nation's food supply. The Food 
Safety Survey measures consumers' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs 
about food safety. Previous versions of the survey were collected in 
1988, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2010, and 2016. Food Safety Survey data 
are used to measure trends in consumer food safety habits including 
hand and cutting board washing, cooking practices, and use of food 
thermometers. Data are also used to evaluate educational messages and 
to inform policymakers about consumer attitudes about technologies such 
as food irradiation and biotechnology.
    The proposed Food Safety Survey will contain many of the same 
questions and topics as previous Food Safety Surveys to facilitate 
measuring trends in food safety knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors 
over time. The proposed survey will also be updated to explore emerging 
consumer food safety topics and expand understanding of previously 
asked topics.
    The methods for the proposed Food Safety Survey will be largely the 
same as those used with the previous Food

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Safety Surveys with the exception of the inclusion of addressed based 
sampling (ABS) methods to explore the method as a possible alternative 
for new survey questions. ABS is sampling from address frames that are 
usually based, in part, on residential addresses in the U.S. Postal 
Service Computerized Delivery Sequence File. ABS is a cost effective 
method of sampling that provides much coverage of U.S. households for 
in-person, mail, telephone, and multimode surveys (including Web-based 
surveys.) The Food Safety Survey will continue to include cell phones 
in addition to landlines for the telephone interviews. A nationally 
representative sample of 4,000 adults will be selected at random to 
complete the survey. The survey will also include an oversample of 
Hispanics and Blacks to ensure a minimum of 400 each. Additionally, 
methods will be employed to test for the presence of response bias. 
Participation in the survey will be voluntary. Cognitive interviews and 
a pre-test will be conducted prior to fielding the survey.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                                     Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                               Number of
                 Activity                      Number of     responses per   Total annual            Average burden per response            Total hours
                                              respondents     respondent       responses
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Cognitive interview screener..............              75               1              75  0.083 (5 minutes)...........................               6
Cognitive interview.......................               9               1               9  1...........................................               9
Pretest screener..........................              45               1              45  0.0167 (1 minute)...........................               1
Pretest...................................              18               1              18  0.33 (20 minutes)...........................               6
Survey screener...........................          10,000               1          10,000  0.0167 (1 minute)...........................             167
Survey....................................           4,000               1           4,000  0.33 (20 minutes)...........................           1,320
Non-response survey screener..............             125               1             125  0.0167 (1 minute)...........................               2
Non-response survey.......................              50               1              50  0.167 (10 minutes)..........................               8
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    Total \2\.............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ............................................           1,519
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    FDA's burden estimate is based on the Agency's prior experience 
with the Food Safety Survey. FDA estimates that the burden hours for 
this information collection will remain the same since the last OMB 
approval.

    Dated: June 27, 2017.
Anna K. Abram,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2017-13882 Filed 6-30-17; 8:45 am]
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