The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking public comments on a proposed information collection for the National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy Survey. This survey, conducted under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, aims to gather information from state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies on their food defense activities against intentional contamination and emerging threats. The collected data will be used in a report to Congress to assess progress in food defense. The process includes electronic and written submissions, with guidelines provided to protect confidential information.
Simple Explanation
The FDA wants to ask certain groups questions about how they keep our food safe from bad things. They're looking for people's thoughts on this plan before they start asking questions to help make sure it's a good idea.