Summary of Change Request Year 5

OMB Control Number: 0583- 0169.

Title of Clearance: In-Home Food Safety Behaviors and Consumer Education: Annual Observational Study

Summary of Changes:
FSIS is requesting a non-substantive change to the approved collection titled In-Home Food Safety Behaviors and Consumer Education: Annual Observational Study. Year five of this study is not materially different from Year four of this study.

The purpose of the Year 5 observational study/meal preparation experiment is to evaluate participants’ adherence to recommended food safety practices when the mandated Safe Handling Instructions (SHI) label is removed from meat packaging and the SHI label instructions are integrated into voluntary manufacturer’s cooking instructions (MCIs). The study procedures for Year 5 are the same as those followed for prior study years with the exception of the food and recipe that is being prepared by participants and the intervention to be tested.  FSIS will use the same recruiting methods and procedures used in prior study years to recruit participants, the participant burden is the same, and the incentive is the same ($75 gift card and free thermometer). FSIS will follow the same analysis and reporting procedures as prior study years.

FSIS is including the new appendices for the Year 5 study (listed below).

Appendix A Study Design for Year Five

Appendix B Recruiting ads

Appendix C Recruiting email

Appendix D Recruiting sign

Appendix E Screening questionnaire

Appendix I Post-observation interview guide

Appendix J Informed consent form

Appendix L Instructions and Recipes

Appendix M Additional COVID procedures

Revisions to the appendices listed below were not needed, so they are not being submitted.

Appendix F Recruiting call script

Appendix G Confirmation email

Appendix H Reminder call

Appendix K IRB approval

Appendix N Day of screening tool