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FDA to Simplify ACE Pilot Process, Hints at Changes to Mandatory Data Elements
December 9, 2015 |Top News

The Food and Drug Administration is making changes to processes for participation in its Automated Commercial Environment filing pilot and modifying “the data that are required at the time of entry for admissibility,” said CBP in a CSMS message dated Dec. 9 (here). Effective immediately, FDA has removed the requirement for submitting a data element “template” for pre-validation, although it will still provide the template to assist filers and will “provide guidance and support” to “answer any questions,” said the message.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
FDA 'Very Close' to Recognizing Canada Equivalency, Largely Exempting Canadian Food Imports From FSVP
December 7, 2015 by Brian Feito|Top News

The Food and Drug Administration is “very close” to recognizing Canada as having an equivalent food safety system, with a determination possible in the next few months, said Dominic Veneziano, director of FDA’s import division, at a seminar hosted by the American Bar Association Dec. 7 in Washington. The move would largely exempt food imports from Canada from the requirements of FDA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP to Change Method for In-Bond Number Use
November 27, 2015 |Customs

There's an issue with providing high volume air in-bond users the range of in-bond numbers required due to the inclusion of air in-bonds within the Automated Commercial Environment, said CBP. "To resolve this the air trade entities and CBP propose changing the way a valid 9 digit number’s check digit is calculated to add a plus 1, 2 or 3 on to the MOD 7 check digit. If not identified as one of these Air high volume in-bond please continue to use the current nine digit in-bonds with a MOD 7 check digit," CBP said in a CSMS message (here). "Due to this change a note in the Instructional Guidelines (IGs) for the Air CAMIR, the In-bond CATAIR, the ACS Cargo Release and the ACS Entry Summary to include this format have been made and posted to the website. If your programing validates the in-bond number you may need to make change to include this as a valid in-bond number." No ACE documentation for ACE Entry Release or ACE Entry Summary was required because they do "not note how a valid in-bond number is formulated," it said.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)