OMB Accepting Comments on FDA's Prior Notice Requirements for Imported Food

Comments are due June 26 to the Office of Management and Budget on information collected through the Food and Drug Administration’s prior notice requirements for imported food, FDA said in a notice (here). FDA has submitted its proposed extension of approval for prior notice requirements to OMB, it said. 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 itself sought comments on prior notice requirements in January (see 1701040015).