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 the information collection requirements for a voluntary survey for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which will inform the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy (NAFDS) Report to Congress. The proposed survey will be used to determine what food defense activities, if any, State, local, territorial, and/or tribal (SLTT) agencies have completed to date. The information will be compared to the initial baseline data previously collected by State(s).
