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Common Filing Issues Persist Despite Faster FDA Processing Times in ACE, FDA Official Says
August 1, 2017 |FDA

ACE has resulted in faster processing times for imports regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, but some filing issues persist, FDA import director Douglas Stearn said in a July 31 blog post. The proportion of entry lines receiving an automated “may proceed” has increased from 26 percent to 62 percent since adoption of the new system, and 28,374 fewer entry lines have needed additional documents and information. But a study of FDA rejections between November 2016 and March 2017 found that the most common filing problems were the submission of invalid or canceled food facility registration numbers and invalid FDA product codes, Stearn said. Other common filing issues may cause an entry to be rejected before ever making it to FDA for review, including incorrect syntax or omission of required affirmations of compliance, missing or invalid entity information, and missing or invalid units of measure, he said.

CBP to Use Phases for ACE Post-Release Deployments
July 27, 2017 |Top News

CBP will use several phases to deploy post-release capabilities in ACE, CBP said in a July 27 CSMS message. The agency will separate out the collections functionalities and "deploy the other post release capabilities of ACE core using a phased approach," CBP said. CBP previously planned to deploy all the post-release capabilities on July 8 but delayed the deployment after further testing was deemed necessary (see 1706270049).

Topics:Drawback
Regulatory Agencies Tout Deregulation in 2017 Unified Agenda
July 26, 2017 |Top News

Regulatory agencies with oversight on imports and exports released their plans for upcoming rulemaking as part of the 2017 Unified Agenda. As the first regulatory agenda issued by the Trump administration, the new version touts the withdrawal of "469 actions proposed in the Fall 2016 Agenda," as well as the reconsideration of "391 active actions by reclassifying them as long term (282) and inactive (109), allowing for further careful review." New regulations are listed from the Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Topics:Lacey Act, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)