Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen Reduction/HACCP
Published Date: 2/10/2026
Notice
Summary
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service wants to keep collecting info on how food plants clean up and check for germs to keep food safe. No changes are coming, but they need to renew approval before July 31, 2026. Food businesses and the public can share their thoughts by April 13, 2026, and there’s no new cost or paperwork burden.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Meat/Poultry Firms Keep HACCP Paperwork
Meat and poultry establishments must continue to develop, implement, and revise written Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (9 CFR part 416), perform regular microbial testing (9 CFR 310.18; 310.25(a); 381.65(f) and (g)), and maintain HACCP records (9 CFR part 417). FSIS estimates 6,087 respondents and a total annual burden of 7,045,303 hours; the information collection approval expires on July 31, 2026.
No New Paperwork or Cost Added
FSIS is requesting renewal of the existing information collection with no changes and states there is no new cost or paperwork burden. Interested parties can submit comments by April 13, 2026, before the approval expires on July 31, 2026.
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