- To : Automated Broker Interface
Subject: FDA INTERFACE
TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : LEO WELLS
SUBJECT : OGA-FDA INTERFACE
DATE : 03/15/96
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MARCH 14, 1996
RES-1-FO:TC:I:E LW
CATEGORY: RES
TO: ALL PORT AND AREA DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS
FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE
RE: MANDATORY PARTICIPATION IN FDA INTERFACE BY ALL ABI FILERS
AT FDA MODIFIED INTERFACE PORT LOCATIONS
PASS TO: ALL NATIONAL IMPORT SPECIALISTS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS,
INSPECTORS, ENTRY OFFICERS AND IMPORTER/BROKER
ASSOCIATIONS AND ABI FILERS
WE REFER TO THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) MODIFIED
INTERFACE WITH CUSTOMS AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) WHICH WAS
IMPLEMENTED AT VARIOUS CUSTOMS PORT LOCATIONS IN 1994 AND 1995.
OUR CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 3530-05, DATED JULY 16, 1991, REQUIRES THAT
ALL ABI FILERS OF ENTRIES FOR FDA-REGULATED GOODS AT FDA MODIFIED
INTERFACE PORTS MUST PARTICIPATE IN SUCH INTERFACE ONE YEAR AFTER
THE LAST PLANNED EXPANSION PORT BEGINS OPERATION.
ACCORDINGLY, PARTICIPATION IN THE FDA MODIFIED INTERFACE WITH ACS
WILL BECOME MANDATORY FOR ALL ABI FILERS OF SUCH GOODS AT FDA
MODIFIED INTERFACE PORTS ON DECEMBER 2, 1996. FOR INFORMATIONAL
PURPOSES, ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS FACT WAS ALSO MADE BY A CUSTOMS
REPRESENTATIVE AT A RECENT AUTOMATED BROKER MEETING.
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS ISSUANCE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CUSTOMS
HEADQUARTERS, TRADE COMPLIANCE, COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT, AT (202)
927-0771 OR ACS AT (202) 927-0173.
PHILIP METZGER