Approval is requested for Cycle V of
the Food and Drug Administration-Food Safety and Inspection Service
of U.S. Department of Agriculture (FDA-FSIS) Food Safety Survey
(FSS). The FSS is widely accepted as a unique data base on consumer
food handling practices, food safety-related knowledge and
attitudes and is used as the definitive source of this information
by both Healthy People 2010, Healthy People 2020, and by the 2010
US Dietary Guidelines Food Safety Subcommittee. Under sections
903(d)(2)(C) and 903(d)(2)(D) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 393(d)(2)(C) and 393(d)(2)(D)), FDA
is 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.
This survey is modified version
of the 2006 Food Safety Survey previously approved as OMB Control
Number 0910-0345. We discontinued the approval for this collection
in March 2008. We are now seeking to reinstate the approval for
Cycle V of the survey. The burden hours increased from 1401 hours
to 1541 hours. This change is due primarily to the addition of 120
hours resulting from changing the hours per response in line 4 of
table 1 from 0.3 to 0.33, and the addition of 20 hours for
cognitive interviews.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.