Under section 512(b)(1) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C.
360b(b)(1)), any person may file a new animal drug application
(NADA) seeking our approval to legally market a new animal drug.
Section 512(b)(1) sets forth the information required to be
submitted in a NADA. Sections 514.1, 514.4, 514.6, 514.8, and
514.11 of our regulations (21 CFR 514.1, 514.4, 514.6, 514.8, and
514.11) further specify the information that the NADA must contain.
The application must include safety and effectiveness data,
proposed labeling, product manufacturing information, and where
necessary, complete information on food safety (including microbial
food safety) and any methods used to determine residues of drug
chemicals in edible tissue from food producing animals. FDA
Guidance #152 outlines a risk assessment approach for evaluating
the microbial food safety of antimicrobial new animal drugs. We
request that applicants utilize Form FDA 356V, as appropriate, to
ensure efficient and accurate processing of information to support
new animal drug approval.
Although the number of
respondents has increased (an adjustment from 169 to 182 due to
natural increases in the animal drug industry) the overall burden
has reduced from 28,218 to 21,959 because we have determined that
the number of responses per respondent has decreased. The
previously approved ICR submitted to OMB in 2013 included nine ICs
entered into ROCIS. Upon this submission we are consolidating the
ICs, thereby, reducing the number of ICs in ROCIS to one. The
information collection activities, however, remain broken down in
this supporting statement document.
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.