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The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' ("HHS" or "the Department") Proposed Rule "Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely; Proposal to Withdraw or Repeal" (hereinafter "Proposed Rule"). We write in support of the Proposed Rule's proposal to withdraw or repeal the "Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely" (SUNSET) rule. AFFI is the member-driven national trade association that advances the interests of all segments of the frozen food and beverage industry. Effective regulatory reform is important to our industry and to all our members. AFFI supports regulatory reform and values opportunities to participate in the systematic and methodical review and modernization of regulations to ensure they are no more burdensome than necessary, especially for small businesses. AFFI supports regulatory reform and values opportunities to review and modernize regulations to ensure they are no more burdensome than necessary, especially for small businesses. Therefore, although we support the repeal or withdrawal of the SUNSET rule, we nonetheless encourage HHS and FDA to take another look at the regulatory review process and consider ways to improve it. AFFI encourages HHS to consider a more systemic and targeted approach that would focus on those regulations that are old, outdated, no longer serving a useful purpose for the benefit of public health and/or food safety, or imposing needless burdens on the industry. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this Proposed Rule. Please review the attached file for AFFI's detailed comments.