USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is requesting comments by June 14 on renewing its authority to collect information on voluntary recalls of meat, poultry, and egg products. FSIS can request firms recall meat, poultry, or egg products that have been imported or produced and are adulterated or misbranded.
When making such requests, FSIS asks the recalling firm to provide basic information such as the “identity of the recalled product, the reason for the recall, and information about the distributors and retail consignees to whom the product was shipped.” Companies are required to keep this information under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act. FSIS said it has not changed its estimates on the burden of the data collection effort.
The current authority to collect the information expires September 30, 2021. The request is non-controversial and the full expectation is the agency will put the extension in place before the current authority expires.