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Adding Requirement to Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by International Mail and Timeframe for Post-refusal and Post-hold Submissions; Final Regulatory Impact Analysis

This rule amends existing prior notice regulations to require the submission of the name of the mail service and tracking number for food articles imported using international mail. The rule also changes timeframes for post-refusal and post-hold submissions.

We estimate costs of the rule due to the time needed to read and understand the rule and the time needed to gather and provide the tracking information. When annualized over a period of 10 years, we estimate these costs range from approximately $0.04 million to $0.44 million at a 3 percent rate of discount. At a 7 percent rate of discount, these costs range from approximately $0.04 million to $0.43 million. Our primary annualized estimates are approximately $0.24 million at both the 3 and 7 percent rates of discount. We estimate benefits in the form of cost-savings. These cost-savings range in annualized value from approximately $0.03 million to $0.14 million at the 3 and 7 percent rates of discount. The primary annualized value for both discount rates is $0.07 million.

Regulatory Impact Analysis

Adding Requirement to Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by International Mail and Timeframe for Post-refusal and Post-hold Submissions (PDF- 284KB)

Federal Register: 90 FR 46045 
Publication Date: 09/25/2025
Docket: FDA-2011-N-0179 
 

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