Monday Morning eBriefing

The Food and Drug Administration is again reminding the trade that starting Sept. 4 the agency will deploy three new validations. Failure to provide the correct information will result in a reject of the entry. The changes include:

As a reminder to our members, Peter Scarabelli of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has asked for the RAC to provide a reminder regarding potato imports used to manufacture potato salad.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following member who has recently joined our association:

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following member who has recently joined our association:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced it is now utilizing the following PGA status messages to support the Hold coordination at the port or at the importer's premises:

The Senate on Aug. 10 passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 by a vote of 69-30. It is a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package with $550 billion in new spending over the next 5 years. The bill received support from 19 Senate Republicans. Here is what is included in the package:

As with many large trade associations, the NCBFAA maintains outside counsel positions for guidance and to provide the membership with the highest quality of service available. To that end, we currently contract with two legal counsels, covering general association operations and customs and transportation matters, as well as legislative representative.

As with many large trade associations, the NCBFAA maintains outside counsel positions for guidance and to provide the membership with the highest quality of service available. To that end, we currently contract with two legal counsels, covering general association operations and customs and transportation matters, as well as legislative representative.

Customs and Border Protection's Office of Trade Commercial Operations Revenue and Entry Division (CORE) will disable the 5106 mailbox, effective Sept. 4. All future Form 5106 requests must be sent to one of the noted locations. CBP asked the trade not to send requests to multiple locations since this will "cause duplication of work and delayed processing."

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following member who has recently joined our association:

The U.S. government recently issued an advisory warning of compliance risks associated with doing business in Hong Kong and asked businesses to increase their due diligence.

Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced legislation to strengthen import requirements for the importation of live dogs. The Healthy Dog Importation Act addresses current gaps in oversight which have raised concerns among animal health groups, agricultural associations and public health organizations.

We reported on this in the Aug. 2 Monday Morning eBriefing, but it bears repeating that on Sept. 4, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will implement a hard reject of food entries that have an invalid syntax for the FSV email transmitted in PG21. There will be no period of warnings.

In Headquarters Ruling Letter H297978, issued July 16, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) responded to the NCBFAA's inquiry regarding the validity of an electronically signed customs brokers power of attorney (POA) for CBP purposes.

After approximately 20 years in the District of Columbia, NCBFAA has moved to a new headquarters office in close-by Silver Spring, Maryland.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine announced that its new APHIS eFile can now be used to obtain permits for cut flowers, greenery, and sugarcane products.

The FDA reports they are receiving a high volume of entry lines with an invalid syntax for the email transmitted in PG21 for the FSV entity. As a result, beginning September 4, the agency will deploy validation to check the syntax of FSV email addresses. To avoid rejects, the FDA reminds brokers to:

U.S. supply chain problems of various iterations continue to upset daily operations of customs brokers, freight forwarders, and NVOCCs, and their importer and exporter customers.

As with many large trade associations, the NCBFAA maintains outside counsel positions for guidance and to provide the membership with the highest quality of service available. To that end, we currently contract with two legal counsels, covering general association operations and customs and transportation matters, as well as legislative representative.

Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca Dye announced eight interim recommendations the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) can take to address ongoing port and supply chain congestion across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.