FDA Accepting Comments on Prior Notice for Imported Foods

The Food and Drug Administration will accept comments until March 6 on information collected through its prior notice requirements for imported food, it said (here). Federal agencies are required to allow comments on each new information collection and extension of existing collections, and obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget. FDA estimates 10 minutes per new prior notice submission through the Automated Broker Interface and 23 minutes for each new submission via the FDA Prior Notice System Interface, 15 minutes for each cancellation of a prior notice in both systems, and one to eight hours for prior notice requests for review and post-hold submissions, for a total of 2,907,576 burden hours. FDA seeks comments on whether the information collection is necessary; the accuracy of the agency’s burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection.