05-23041. Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Guidance for Requesting an Extension to Use Existing Label Stock After the Trans Fat Labeling Effective Date of January 1, 2006

AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled “Guidance for Requesting an Extension to Use Existing Label Stock after the Trans Fat Labeling Effective Date of January 1, 2006” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA). Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is publishing a notice announcing an opportunity for public comment on this collection of information. Since this collection received emergency approval that expires on January 1, 2006, FDA is following the normal PRA clearance procedures by issuing that notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peggy Robbins, Office of Management Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-1223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In the Federal Register of September 1, 2005 (70 FR 52108), the agency announced that the proposed information collection had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB control number 0910-0571. The approval expires on January 31, 2006. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/​ohrms/​dockets.

Dated: November 14, 2005.

Jeffrey Shuren,

Assistant Commissioner for Policy.