0583-AD55 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0583 Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Change in Accredited Lab Fees

The Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed to amend its regulations to change the fees it charges for the accreditation and the maintenance of accreditation of non-Federal laboratories for the FSIS Accredited Lab Program (ALP). Currently, the Agency charges a flat annual fee of $5,000 for each accreditation or maintenance of accreditation. Laboratories that participate in FSIS' ALP can receive accreditation in one to six analyte classes. FSIS proposed to charge laboratories $5,000 per year for the first analyte class accreditation or maintenance (as it currently does), but to reduce the charges to $2,900 per year for the second, and $2,100 per year for each additional analyte class accreditation or maintenance of accreditation.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 9 CFR 391.5 21 USC 601, et seq 21 USC 451, et seq 7 USC 138 No NPRM 04/21/2014 79 FR 22052 NPRM Comment Period End 06/20/2014 Final Action 09/19/2014 79 FR 56235 Final Action Effective 11/18/2014 Yes Businesses None No No Yes No Charles Williams Director, Issuances Staff (IS) 0583 Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS 202 720-5627 202 690-0486 charles.williams@fsis.usda.gov Office of Policy and Program Development, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, South Building, Washington DC 20250-3700