change justification for 9060-5

OMB Control Number: 0583-0153.

Title of Clearance: Public Health Information System (PHIS).

Agency Form Number affected by Change Worksheet: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness (FSIS Form 9060-5)

Change Summary:

The Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness, FSIS Form 9060-5, is the FSIS standard export certification for all exports of meat (excluding Siluriformes) and poultry exports. (9 CFR 322.2 & 381.106).

FSIS is proposing to make the following non-substantive, administrative changes to FSIS Form 9060-5:

In the attached, revised FSIS Form 9060-5, FSIS has entered in block five, “MP[X]” as a placeholder indicating that the third letter of the code needs to be periodically updated. 

FSIS is submitting this change request because FSIS needs to move to the “MPN” series soon. FSIS intends to provide a formal revision to the collection so that FSIS can make future updates as needed. These non-substantive, administrative changes to the form do not constitute a new information collection. There is no estimated burden change. The following is a description of the numbering system for the form.

The numbering system of FSIS Form 9060-5 consists of three letters followed by six numbers. The first two letters, MP, are static and stand for “Meat and Poultry.” The third letter, currently “M,” rotates to the next sequential letter in the alphabet every 999,999 export certificates.

Each series of the 9060-5 repeats the same sequential numbers, 000001-999999. This sequential rotation of the third letter allows for one set of numbers from one series to be distinguished from the same set of numbers of a different series. The frequency of change from one letter to the next sequential letter will vary and is dependent on multiple factors, including the number of meat and poultry exports, as well as which countries are included in the PHIS export module. In general, FSIS will need to change series to the next sequential letter less frequently as more countries are added to the PHIS export module.