FDA issued the draft guidance document
“Nonbinding Feedback After Certain FDA Inspections of Device
Establishments” to explain how the owner, operator, or agent in
charge of a device establishment may submit a request for
nonbinding feedback to FDA regarding actions the firm has proposed
to take to address certain kinds of inspectional observations that
have been documented on an FDA Inspectional Observations Form (Form
FDA 483) and issued to the firm upon completion of an inspection of
the firm’s establishment. This information collection request
identifies the estimated burden of submitting requests for
nonbinding feedback to FDA.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.