E9-19784. Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Recommendations for Early Food Safety Evaluation of New Non-Pesticidal Proteins Produced by New Plant Varieties Intended for Food Use

AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled “Recommendations for Early Food Safety Evaluation of New Non-Pesticidal Proteins Produced by New Plant Varieties Intended for Food Use” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel Gittleson, Office of Information Management (HFA-710), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, [e-mail] 301-796-5156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In the Federal Register of April 17, 2009 (74 FR 17868), 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 0910-0583. The approval expires on July 31, 2012. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the Internet at http://www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain.

Dated: August 11, 2009.

Jeffrey Shuren,

Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.