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Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
Notice.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Submit written comments (including recommendations) on the collection of information by July 13, 2026.
To ensure that comments on the information collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be submitted to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function The OMB control number for this information collection is 0910-0354. Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document.
Christopher Colburn, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8758, PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.
In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance.
This information collection supports regulations in part 123 (21 CFR part 123), which mandate the application of hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) principles to the processing of seafood. HACCP is a preventive system of hazard control designed to help ensure the safety of foods. The regulations were issued under FDA's statutory authority to regulate food safety, including section 402(a)(1) and (4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)(1) and (4)). Certain provisions in part 123 require that processors and importers of seafood collect and record information.
The HACCP records compiled and maintained by a seafood processor primarily consist of the periodic observations recorded at selected monitoring points during processing and packaging operations, as called for in a processor's HACCP plan ( e.g., the ( printed page 35485) values for processing times, temperatures, acidity, etc., as observed at critical control points). The primary purpose of HACCP records is to permit a processor to verify that products have been produced within carefully established processing parameters (critical limits) that ensure that hazards have been avoided.
HACCP records are normally reviewed by appropriately trained employees at the end of a production lot or at the end of a day or week of production to verify that control limits have been maintained, or that appropriate corrective actions were taken if the critical limits were not maintained. Such verification activities are essential to ensure that the HACCP system is working as planned. A review of these records during the conduct of periodic plant inspections also permits FDA to determine whether the products have been consistently processed in conformance with appropriate HACCP food safety controls.
Section 123.12 requires that importers of seafood products take affirmative steps and maintain records that verify that the fish and fishery products they offer for import into the United States were processed in accordance with the HACCP and sanitation provisions set forth in part 123. These records are to be made available for review by FDA as provided in § 123.12(c).
The time and costs of these recordkeeping activities will vary considerably among processors and importers of fish and fishery products, depending on the type and number of products involved, and on the nature of the equipment or instruments required to monitor critical control points. The burden estimate in table 1 includes only those collections of information under the seafood HACCP regulations that are not already required under other statutes and regulations. The estimate also does not include collections of information that are a usual and customary part of businesses' normal activities. For example, the tagging and labeling of molluscan shellfish (21 CFR 1240.60) is a customary and usual practice among seafood processors. Consequently, the estimates in table 1 account only for information collection and recording requirements attributable to part 123.
Description of Respondents: Respondents to this collection of information include processors and importers of seafood.
In the Federal Register of February 19, 2026 (91 FR 8010), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed collection of information. No comments were received.
We estimate the burden of this collection of information as follows:
| 21 CFR section; 2 activity | Number of recordkeepers | Number of records per recordkeeper 3 | Total annual records | Average burden per recordkeeping 4 | Total hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123.6(a), (b), and (c); Prepare hazard analysis and HACCP plan | 50 | 1 | 50 | 16 | 800 |
| 123.6(c)(5); Undertake and prepare records of corrective actions | 15,000 | 4 | 60,000 | 0.30 (18 minutes) | 18,000 |
| 123.8(a)(1) and (c); Reassess hazard analysis and HACCP plan | 15,000 | 1 | 15,000 | 4 | 60,000 |
| 123.12(a)(2)(ii); Verify compliance of imports and prepare records of verification activities | 4,100 | 80 | 328,000 | 0.20 (12 minutes) | 65,600 |
| 123.6(c)(7); Document monitoring of critical control points | 15,000 | 280 | 4,200,000 | 0.30 (18 minutes) | 1,260,000 |
| 123.7(d); Undertake and prepare records of corrective actions due to a deviation from a critical limit | 6,000 | 4 | 24,000 | 0.10 (6 minutes) | 2,400 |
| 123.8(d); Maintain records of the calibration of process-monitoring instruments and the performing of any periodic end-product and in-process testing | 15,000 | 47 | 705,000 | 0.10 (6 minutes) | 70,500 |
| 123.11(c); Maintain sanitation control records | 15,000 | 280 | 4,200,000 | 0.10 (6 minutes) | 420,000 |
| 123.12(c); Maintain records that verify that the fish and fishery products they offer for import into the United States were processed in accordance with the HACCP and sanitation provisions set forth in part 123 | 4,100 | 80 | 328,000 | 0.10 (6 minutes) | 32,800 |
| 123.12(a)(2); Prepare new written verification procedures to verify compliance of imports | 41 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 164 |
| Total | 1,930,264 | ||||
| 1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. | |||||
| 2 These estimates include the information collection requirements in the following sections: | |||||
| § 123.16—Smoked—Fish—process controls (see § 123.6(b)); | |||||
| § 123.28(a)—SourceControls—molluscan shellfish (see § 123.6(b)); | |||||
| § 123.28(c)—and (d)—Records—molluscan shellfish (see § 123.6(c)(7). | |||||
| 3 Based on an estimated 280 working days per year. | |||||
| 4 Estimated average time per 8-hour workday unless one-time response. | |||||
Based on a review of the information collection since its last OMB approval, we have made no adjustments to our burden estimate.
Grace R. Graham,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2026-11762 Filed 6-10-26; 8:45 am]
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