The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
is proposing regulations to implement the premarket notification
process for food contact substances (FCSs) established by section
309 of Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA) of
1997 (Pub. L. 105-115). Once implemented, the notification process
will be the primary method for authorizing new uses of food
additives that are FCSs. FDA is proposing regulations that 1)
identify the circumstances under which a food additive petition
will be required to authorize the use of an FCS, 2) specify the
information required in a notification for an FCS, 3)
describe...
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;
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