USDA Seeks Feedback on Nutrition Materials Info Collection
Published Date: 2/17/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Agriculture wants your feedback on a new info collection to help improve nutrition education materials for people they serve. If you’re involved in food programs or grants, this could affect you. Comments are open until March 19, 2026, and the goal is to make the process easier and clearer without costing extra money or time.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
USDA will gather input to design nutrition materials
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service will collect formative input to develop nutrition education and promotion materials and related tools for FNS population groups, with emphasis on reaching low-income families. The collection is explicitly intended to help FNS create science-based messages that resonate with different audiences and delivery formats.
Large annual respondent burden reported
The notice reports that the information collection involves 120,710 respondents annually and a total burden of 46,823 hours. Respondents include individuals and households, businesses and organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments, and comments on the collection are requested by March 19, 2026.
Feedback will shape grant development and assessment
FNS will use formative input and feedback to help develop and assess grants so grant recipients can better achieve intended outcomes. FNS will confer with grant recipients about their experiences, expectations, challenges, and lessons learned to inform grant design and assessment.
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