The Department of Agriculture has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review its information collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The focus is on whether the information collection is necessary for the agency's functions, how accurate their burden estimates are, and ways to improve data quality while reducing respondent burden. Specific attention is given to the Food Safety and Inspection Service's need to collect information from businesses about petitions for rule changes related to meat, poultry, and egg product inspections. The public has until January 21, 2025, to provide comments on this request.
Simple Explanation
The Department of Agriculture wants to check if it's gathering the right information about food safety rules, like meat and eggs, and they want people to say if it's helpful or not by January 21, 2025.