Information Required for Prior Notice
Importers or brokers already provide most of the information required for Prior Notice to CBP when goods arrive in the U.S. According to the Bioterrorism Act, FDA must receive the required information before a shipment of food arrives.
Some Highlights of Required Information
• Name, business address, telephone, and email of the individual submitting Prior Notice, as well as firm name and address (if applicable)
• Name, firm name (if applicable) and business address, telephone, and email of the individual transmitting Prior Notice (if someone else is transmitting Prior Notice on behalf of the submitter)
• Entry type and CBP identifier (if identifier is available)
• Identification for each article of food in the shipment:
a. FDA product code
b. Common product name or market name
c. Estimated quantity (from smallest package size to largest container)
d. Lot, code number or other identifier (if food is required to have one)
• If the food is no longer in its natural state: manufacturer’s name and either 1) the registration number, city, and country of the manufacturer, or 2) both the full address of the manufacturer and the reason the registration number is not provided (reasons listed in the Compliance Policy Guide for Prior Notice of Imported Food)
• If the food is in its natural state: name of grower and growing location, if known
• FDA Country of Production
• Shipper’s (sender’s, if food is mailed) name and full address
• Country from which food is shipped; or, if food is imported by international mail, the anticipated date of mailing and country from which food is mailed
• Anticipated arrival information (location, date, and time); or, if food is imported by international mail, the U.S. recipient’s name and address
• Name and full address of importer, owner, and consignee, unless the shipment is imported or offered for import for transshipment through the U.S. under a transportation and exportation (T&E) entry; or, if food is imported by international mail, the U.S. recipient’s name and address
• Carrier and mode of transportation (except for food imported by international mail)
• Planned shipment information (except for food imported by international mail)
• Any country to which the article has been refused entry. (2011 IFR)
