Shell eggs contaminated with
Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) are responsible for more than 140,000
illnesses per year. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
requiring each farm site with 3,000 or more egg laying hens that
sells raw shell eggs to the table egg market, other than directly
to the consumer, and does not have all of the shell eggs treated,
to design and monitor an SE prevention plan. In addition, all farms
covered by any part of the rule are required to register with FDA.
We have concluded that recordkeeping and registration are necessary
for the success of the SE prevention measures. Written SE
prevention plans and records of actions taken due to each provision
are essential for farms to implement SE prevention plans
effectively. Further, they are essential for FDA to be able to
determine compliance. The Public Health Service Act (PHS Act)
authorizes the Secretary to make and enforce such regulations as
"are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread
of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States * *
* or from one State * * * into any other State" (section 361(a) of
the PHS Act). This authority has been delegated to the Commissioner
of Food and Drugs. Under section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) (21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4)), a food is
adulterated if it is prepared, packed, or held under insanitary
conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth or
rendered injurious to health. Under section 701(a) of the act (21
U.S.C. 371(a)), FDA is authorized to issue regulations for the
efficient enforcement of the act.
This is a new collection
requirement. The increase in reporting and recordkeeping burdens
reflect our estimate of the number of registrations that would be
required by the final rule and the amount of recordkeeping
associated with the SE prevention plans required by the final
rule.
$116,615
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Jonnalynn Capezzuto
3018274659
No
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