FOOD:
Container: The
FDA requires that each individual shipping
container is reported
separately and that a FDA Prior Notice Confirmation
No. will be issued for each container. In the
Lalandia system, however, you can add additional
containers under the same Bill of Lading No.,
without having to repeat all the information of the
parties involved by clicking on the
button.
Production
Identifiers, Production Lot Codes, Production batch Identifiers
or other identifiers are required for articles
of food that are required to bear such number by the
FD&C Act or by FDA regulations. Multiple lot
identifier per article of food will be accepted. FDA
statue or regulation requires Production Identifiers
for low-acid canned foods, acidified foods, and
low-acid canned infant formula. These identifies are
optional for other types of food. If not applicable
enter "NONE".
Estimated Quantity: The
FDA requires that the Prior Notice state the
estimated quantity of food that will be shipped from
the largest container to smallest package size,
like:
- 100 cartons of
48/6 oz. cans each of tuna
- 100 pallets of
2/100 pound (lb) totes each of frozen tuna loins
for a total of 20,000 lbs
- 100 pallets of
of 2/100 lb cartons each of dehydrated pig ears to
a total of 20,000 lbs
- 100 cartons of
20 lbs of fresh watermelons each carton for a
total of 2,000 lbs
- 750 bags of 25
kgs of Carnauba Wax of a total of 18750 kgs
- 2,000 lbs of
wheat in bulk
The estimated quantity
does NOT need to be cancelled and resubmitted, if
the estimated quantity changes after confirmation.
FDA
Country of
Production is, for an article of food in its natural
state, the country where the article of food was
grown, including harvested or collected and readied
for shipment to the United States. If, however, an
article of food is wild fish, including seafood,
that was caught or harvested outside the waters of
the United States or by a that is not registered in
the United States, the FDA Country of Production is
the country in which the vessel is registered. For
food that is no long in its natural state, the FDA
Country of Production is the country where the
article of feed was made. However, if an article of
food is wild fish including seafood, that was made
aboard a vessel the FDA Country of Production is the
country in which the vessels is registered.
Country of Origin:
The FDA define the Country of Origin of a food
article to be the the country of load port from
which the food article was shipped. Often this is
the same Country as the FDA
Country of
Production.
Harmonized Code
is used for all import/export of goods to/from the
United States. If you don't know the corresponding
Harmonized Code for the food article, please click
on the
button next to the field to search for the code. Use
the Find under the Edit header feature of your
Internet Browser to search for the name of the food
article. Only the first 6-digits of HTS code are
required in the Prior Notice.
NOTE: Several food
products that FDA consider different (different FDA
Product Codes) from each other my be combined under
one tariff number HTS code.
The
FDA product
code is an existing 7-character code that
describes a product for FDA purposes by industry
type and class, packaging, process, and specific
distinctive character. Kindly click on the
button, if you need to find out the food article's
correspond FDA Product Code or you need to verify
any FDA product already in the pull-down listing.
Identification of each article: The FDA requires a
precise description of each
article of food.
An "article of food" refers to a single food that is
associated with the:
- Same complete FDA Product Code
- Same package size
- Same manufacturer or
Producer
Consequently, if multiple food articles
exist, each has to be filed individually by adding
any additional food articles, as defined above by
clicking on the
button.
The FDA will issue a
separate Prior Notice Confirmation No. for each food
article, even if it is just different package sizes.
MANUFACTURER /
PRODUCER
The FDA requires that
the identity of the manufacturer of an article of
food that is no longer in its natural state with
Name and address and FDA Registration No.
The
Manufacturer/Producer might be the same as the
SUBMITTER, as well as the SHIPPER.
If, however, the
article of food is exported in its natural state, the FDA requires that
the identity of the Producer, with the Producer's name and the
producing location address (not the official
address of the producer's company or person).
If a article of food
comes from more than one Producer, separate Prior
Notices to be filed for each Producer. The FDA
Product No. determine if food article is or is NOT
in its natural state.
Additionally, if the
the Submitter does not know the identity of the
Producer of food articles in their natural state or, if the article of food has been
consolidated, the identity of any of the Producers,
the Submitter may provide the name and address of
the firm that has consolidated the articles of food
from different Producers or different producing
locations.
U.S. Port of Entry:
Enter the Port (Ocean Port and State, Airport and
State or point of crossing and State) . If the
crossing point is one of the borders, enter the the
name of such crossing point, such as the bridge
name, if the Port of Arrival has multiple crossing
points.
Carrier
Identification: Kindly identify the carrier
by its SCAC Code (Ocean) or IATA Number (Air). The
code/number should be the code/number of the owner
of the vessel/airplane and not the contracting
carrier. This means, that for ocean transport, the
prefix of the Bill of Lading does not need to be the
same as Carrier's SCAC code, as many carriers
have slot charter agreements among themselves.
If you
can't obtain the code or number, please state full
name of the Carrrer, Name of vessel and Flag of
registration (If you contact the Carrier or its
agent, they should be able to supply you with the
correct code/number)
Bill of Lading
Number:
Please enter minimum five characters and maximum up
to sixteen characters that are either a letter or a
number. The first four characters, also known as the
Issuer Code of Bill of Lading, must be a valid
Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) issued by the
National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA).
The remaining characters must be a valid Bill of
Lading Number (e.g., all zero, "0", is not
acceptable).
Planned Shipment
information is based on mode of transportation:
-
Airway Bill number(s)
or Bill of Lading number(s)
-
For food arriving by
ocean vessel, vessel name and voyage No
-
For food arriving by
air carrier, flight number
-
For food arriving by
truck, bus, or rail, trip number
-
For food arrving as
containerized cargo by water, air, or land,
container number(s)
-
For food arriving by
rail, car number (not applicable to food carried by
or otherwise accompanying an individual)
-
For food arriving by
privately owned vihicle, the license plate number
and state or province
Entry identifier:
If you have a US Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) Entry Number for the shipment,
please enter as follows:
-
The CBP Entry Number
for Cunsumption, Informal, TIB, and Warehouse uses
the format AAA-9999999-C, where AAA is an assigned
prefix and C is a check-digit.
-
For Foreign Trade Zone
(FTZ), Immediate Transport (IT) and Transport and
Exportation (T&E), you may use the In-Bond or FTZ
Number.
-
Mail and Baggage have
no CBP-assigned Entry Number
If you don't have a
Customers Entry Number, please state "NONE" and the
FDA system will automatically generate an Entry
Identifier in an appropriate format.
Signature:
The Prior Notice
Confirmation Page(s) will be sent to this e-mail in Acrobat version 6
format aka .pdf format. In order to view/read the
Prior Notice Confirmation pages from the FDA, please
download the free of charge Acrobat Reader from
www.adobe.com.
For multiple receivers of the FDA's Confirmation Page(s),
please add their e-mail addresses, separated by a semicolon (;).
