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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
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]