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FSIS Import Controls ACE Portal Access

Presented by:

Robert Berczik

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service

Office of International Affairs


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Entry into the United States

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA is responsible for seafood, fruits and vegetables,

and denatured animal products not intended for

human food.

FDA regulates some processed products containing

small amounts (less than 3 percent) of meat and

poultry exempt from FSIS regulation.


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Entry into the United States

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Responsible for animal health

Restricts certain products from entering the United

States due to animal disease conditions in the

country of origin.

Contact APHIS Veterinary Services, National

Center for Import and Export

www.aphis.usda.gov


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Entry Into the United States

Importer of record files entry with U.S. Customs and

Border Protection (CBP)

CBP completes agriculture checks for restricted products

(per APHIS requirements)

Releases shipment to FSIS for reinspection (public

health requirements)


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FSIS Control of Imported Product

FSIS must take enforcement action when:

Importers fail to present eligible meat, poultry, and eggproducts for inspection after their release by CBP

When imported product shipments arrive at U.S. ports of

entry from ineligible sources

When imported product fails inspection and is refused

entry

When uninspected or ineligible imported product isdiscovered in domestic commerce


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FSIS Import Enforcement -

ISLOs

FSIS’ 20 Import Surveillance Liaison Officers (ISLOs) arefocused on enforcement at port-of-entry

ISLO’s coordinate cargo monitoring activities with CBP, APHIS, FDA, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS), as well as with importers and brokers.

The goal of import surveillance is to find, investigate, andcontrol noncompliant imported products moving indomestic commerce.

FSIS maintains an Import Alert database to track themonitoring and control of noncompliant product.


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FSIS Import Initiatives

International Trade Data System (ITDS)has provided portal access to ACE

FSIS import personnel query ACE andtarget suspicious consignments to

identify: Potential ineligible or smuggled shipments

Shipments that fail to present for import reinspection

prior to entering commerce


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FSIS Control of Imported ProductsThrough the ACE Portal, FSIS secured real-time access to shipment entry summarydata previously obtained from CBP only through printed reports received up to 45days after entries were filed:

Customs Entry Number

Entry Line Entry Date

Entry Type

Entry Type Description

Unit of Measure and Quantity

Port-of-Entry code Port-of-Entry name

Country of Origin

HTS Code

HTS Description

Importer Name

Importer of Record number

Filer Name

Filer Code

Consignee Name


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FSIS Control of Imported Products

Using ACE entry summary data, FSIS can

determine:

If shipments have entered from ineligible

countries or establishments

Ports-of-entry of noncompliant shipments Importer of Record and Consignee for

noncompliant shipments

Detention or redelivery actions taken by CBP


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FSIS Import Enforcement

As a result ACE Portal access:

Between FY 2005 and FY 2006, the amount of

ineligible product detected, detained, and removedfrom commerce by FSIS increased almost 30 fold

-- from 97,000 to 2.87 million pounds.

During FY 2007, FSIS controlled 2.04 million

pounds of ineligible product.

FY 2008 year-to-date, FSIS controlled 3.68 millionpounds of ineligible product.

Data source: FSIS Import Alert Tracking System (IATS)


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FSIS Control of Imported Product

Primary Reasons for Import Alerts

Failure to Present for FSIS Inspection

Ineligible Product Shipments controlled by other agencies

U.S. returned product

Other Reasons Tracked in the IATS

Smuggled Targeted (by ATS)

Homeland Security


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Future Benefits

ACE portal access is a bridge to a permanent

electronic interface between CBP and FSIS. ACE facilitates import commerce by reducing

the paperwork burden associated with FSIS-

regulated imported product. FSIS currently participating and developing

food safety checklist with CBP auditors


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References

FSIS International Web Sitehttp://www.fsis.usda.gov

Import Manual of Procedureshttp://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/op/IIM/TOCIIM.htm

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/op/IIM/TOCIIM.htmhttp://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/op/IIM/TOCIIM.htmhttp://www.fsis.usda.gov/


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Contact Information

FSIS Office of International AffairsImport Inspection Division

(202) 720-9904

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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