USDA Seeks to Renew Food Safety Info System Without Tweaks
Published Date: 3/17/2026
Notice
Summary
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service wants to keep collecting info through its Public Health Information System, with no changes to how it works. This affects folks who provide or use public health data and keeps things running smoothly until November 30, 2026. If you have thoughts, you can share them by May 18, 2026—no extra costs or new rules involved!
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
PHIS data collection continues unchanged
If you are an industry member who submits inspection, export, or import forms to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, FSIS will continue collecting the same information through its Public Health Information System with no changes. The information collection approval remains in effect through November 30, 2026; FSIS estimates 6,294 respondents, 675,448 annual responses, and 116,074 annual burden hours.
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