Rules and Regulations. Notice of availability; reopening of the comment period

Agency: Food and Drug Administration, HHS
Action: Notice of availability; reopening of the comment period
Citation: FR Doc. 2024-08952 · Docket No. FDA-2023-D-5303

Summary

The Food and Drug Administration is reopening the comment period for the draft guidance for industry entitled “Recommendations for Collecting Representative Samples for Food Testing Used as Evidence for Release of Certain Fish and Fishery Products Subject to Detention Without Physical Examination and Removal of a Foreign Manufacturer's Goods From Detention Without Physical Examination; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability” that published in the Federal Register of February 12, 2024. We are taking this action in response to a request to extend the comment period to allow additional time for interested parties to submit comments.

Dates

FDA is reopening the comment period for the draft guidance for industry announced in the Federal Register on February 12, 2024 (89 FR 9852). Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by June 25, 2024, to ensure that we consider your comments before we begin work on the final guidance.

Supplementary Information

In the Federal Register of February 12, 2024 (89 FR 9852), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) published a notice announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled “Recommendations for Collecting Representative Samples for Food Testing Used as Evidence for Release of Certain Fish and Fishery Products Subject to Detention Without Physical Examination and Removal of a Foreign Manufacturer's Goods From Detention Without Physical Examination; Draft Guidance for Industry.” We provided a 60-day comment period for the draft guidance. We have received a request for a 60-day extension of the comment period for the draft guidance to provide additional time to review and comment on the rationale for the sampling recommendations in the draft guidance. In the interest of balancing the public health importance of the sampling recommendations in the draft guidance and granting additional time to submit comments before we finalize the draft guidance, we have concluded that it is reasonable to reopen the comment period for 60 days, until June 25, 2024. We are reopening the comment period because the request for an extension of the comment period arrived too late for us to extend the comment period. We believe that an additional 60 days allows adequate time for interested persons to submit comments. Dated: April 22, 2024. Lauren K. Roth, Associate Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. 2024-08952 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]