2011-2548. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations for Medicated Feeds  

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    AGENCY:

    Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

    ACTION:

    Notice.

    SUMMARY:

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

    DATES:

    Fax written comments on the collection of information by March 9, 2011.

    ADDRESSES:

    To ensure that comments on the information collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 202-395-7285, or emailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0152. Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document.

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Johnny Vilela, Office of Information Management, Food and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., PI50-400B, Rockville, MD 20850, 301-796-7651, Juanmanuel.vilela@fda.hhs.gov.

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    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance.

    Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations for Medicated Feeds—21 CFR Part 225 (OMB Control Number 0910-0152)—Extension

    Under section 501 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 351), FDA has the statutory authority to issue current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) regulations for drugs, including medicated feeds. Medicated feeds are administered to animals for the prevention, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease, or growth promotion and feed efficiency. Statutory requirements for cGMPs have been codified under part 225 (21 CFR part 225). Medicated feeds that are not manufactured in accordance with these regulations are considered adulterated under section 501(a)(2)(B) of the FD&C Act. Under part 225, a manufacturer is required to establish, maintain, and retain records for a medicated feed, including records to document procedures required during the manufacturing process to assure that proper quality control is maintained. Such records would, for example, contain information concerning receipt and inventory of drug components, batch production, laboratory assay results (i.e., batch and stability testing), labels, and product distribution.

    This information is needed so that FDA can monitor drug usage and possible misformulation of medicated feeds to investigate violative drug residues in products from treated animals and to investigate product defects when a drug is recalled. In addition, FDA will use the cGMP criteria in part 225 to determine whether or not the systems and procedures used by manufacturers of medicated feeds are adequate to assure that their feeds meet the requirements of the FD&C Act as to safety and also that they meet their claimed identity, strength, quality, and purity, as required by section 501(a)(2)(B) of the FD&C Act.

    A license is required when the manufacture of a medicated feed involves the use of a drug or drugs that FDA has determined requires more control because of the need for a withdrawal period before slaughter or because of carcinogenic concerns. Conversely, a license is not required and the recordkeeping requirements are less demanding for those medicated feeds for which FDA has determined that the drugs used in their manufacture need less control. Respondents to this collection of information are commercial feed mills and mixer-feeders.

    In the Federal Register of November, 29, 2010 (75 FR 73101), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed collection of information. FDA received no comments.

    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows:

    Table 1—Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden

    [Registered licensed commercial feed mills] 1

    21 CFR sectionNumber of recordkeepersAnnual frequency per recordkeepingTotal annual recordsHours per recordTotal hours
    225.42(b)(5) through (b)(8)1,004260261,0401261,040
    225.58(c) and (d)1,0044545,180.522,590
    225.80(b)(2)1,0041,6001,606,400.12192,768
    225.102(b)(1)1,0047,8007,831,200.08626,496
    225.110(b)(1) and (b)(2)1,0047,8007,831,200.015117,468
    225.115(b)(1) and (b)(2)1,00455,020.12602
    Total1,220,964
    1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
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    Table 2—Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden

    [Registered licensed mixer-feeders] 1

    21 CFR sectionNumber of recordkeepersAnnual frequency per recordkeepingTotal annual recordsHours per recordTotal hours
    225.42(b)(5) through (b)(8)10026026,000.153,900
    225.58(c) and (d)100363,600.51,800
    225.80(b)(2)100484,800.12576
    225.102(b)(1)10026026,000.410,400
    Total16,676
    1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    Table 3—Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden

    [Nonregistered unlicensed commercial feed mills) 1

    21 CFR sectionNumber of recordkeepersAnnual frequency per recordkeepingTotal annual recordsHours per recordTotal hours
    225.1428,000432,000132,000
    225.1588,00018,000432,000
    225.1808,00096768,000.1292,160
    225.2028,0002602,080,000.651,352,000
    Total1,508,160
    1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    Table 4—Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden

    [Nonregistered unlicensed mixer-feeders] 1

    21 CFR sectionNumber of recordkeepersAnnual frequency per recordkeepingTotal annual recordsHours per recordTotal hours
    225.14245,0004180,0001180,000
    225.15845,000145,0004180,000
    225.18045,000321,440,000.12172,800
    225.20245,00026011,700,000.333,861,000
    Total4,393,800
    1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    The estimate of the times required for record preparation and maintenance is based on Agency communications with industry. Other information needed to finally calculate the total burden hours (i.e., number of recordkeepers, number of medicated feeds being manufactured, etc.) is derived from Agency records and experience.

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    Dated: February 1, 2011.

    Leslie Kux,

    Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.

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Document Information

Comments Received:
0 Comments
Published:
02/07/2011
Department:
Food and Drug Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
2011-2548
Dates:
Fax written comments on the collection of information by March 9, 2011.
Pages:
6620-6621 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0601
PDF File:
2011-2548.Pdf