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OMB Control No: 0583-0161	ICR Reference No: 202412-0583-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202301-0583-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FSIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Imported Undenatured Inedible Product and Samples for Laboratory Examination, Research, Evaluative Testing, or Trade Show Exhibition
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/23/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/18/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2025
Responses	6,304	0	37,956
Time Burden (Hours)	671	0	9,489
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	6,304	37,956	-31,652
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	671	9,489	-8,818
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The Agency has decreased the total burden by 8,818 hours (from 9,489 to 671 hours) because the number of applications for importing meat, poultry or egg product samples destined for laboratory examination, research, evaluative testing or trade show exhibition has decreased and because the current forms are more user friendly and take less time to complete. The number of responses has decreased by 31,652 (from 37,956 to 6,304) and the number of respondents has decreased by 51 (from 211 to 160). Also, based on comments received, FSIS reduced the time on FSIS Form 9540-4 from 15 minutes to 7 minutes and FSIS Form 9540-5 from 15 minutes to 5 minutes.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $9,582

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Gina Kouba 202 690-6510 gina.kouba@fsis.usda.gov

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