; (B) in making such confirmation, may collect documentation during an inspection, electronically, or by other means; and (C) shall notify the appropriate congressional committees if the Director is unable to make such confirmation and what, if any, accountability mechanisms were, or will be, invoked for such failure. (7) Not later than the end of each of calendar years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report containing— (A) the number of notifications received under paragraph (1) or (2) during the fiscal year ending in the respective calendar year; (B) the average number of hours it took the Director of the Office of Critical Foods to initiate contact, as required by paragraph (5), in response to such notifications; (C) the longest and shortest time it took the Director of the Office of Critical Foods to so initiate contact; (D) the average number of days it took the Director of the Office of Critical Foods to confirm corrective action, as required by paragraph (6), in response to such notifications; and (E) the longest and shortest number of days it took the Director of the Office of Critical Foods to so confirm corrective action. (8) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the term knowledge as applied to a manufacturer means— (A) the actual knowledge that the manufacturer had