FDA Adds New Product Codes, Classes for Certain Herbals and Botanicals
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that the Food and Drug Administration has added new product codes and classes for certain herbals and botanicals under Industry 54 - Vitamins/Minerals/Protein/Unconventional Dietary Products.
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New Product Codes Should be Used Immediately
The new codes should be used immediately where appropriate to identify the product being submitted for entry, using currently existing conventions for building a product code for Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)-regulated products.
Numerous Product Codes in 2 New Classes Added
The new codes for these products have required FDA to add new product code classes. Class J is "Herbal & Botanicals II" and Class K is "Herbal & Botanicals (other than teas) II" in Industry 54.
The new product classes and codes are as follows:
(The products are shown by: (1) Product Code; (2) Product Description; (3) Synonyms available in the CBP system & FDA Web-based Product Code Builder; and (4) List of Synonyms not available in the CBP system & FDA Web-based Product Code Builder.)
Class J -- Herbal & Botanicals II
54 J [ ] [ ] 01
Bupleurum (Herbal & Botanicals II)
Bupleurum chinense DC (Herbal & Botanicals II)
(See CSMS message for 26 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 J [ ] [ ] 02
Eucommia (Herbal & Botanicals II)
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv (Herbal & Botanicals II)
(See CSMS message for 6 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 J [ ] [ ] 03
Valerian (Herbal & Botanicals II)
Valeriana officinalis L.(Herbal & Botanicals II)
(See CSMS message for 27 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 J [ ] [ ] 04
Fang Feng (Herbal & Botanicals II)
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.)
(See CSMS message for 8 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 J [ ] [ ] 05
Roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa L.(Herbal & Botanicals II)
Ambashthaki (Herbal & Botanicals II)
(See CSMS message for 6 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 J [ ] [ ] 06
Holy Basil (Herbal & Botanicals II)
Ocimum tenuiflorum L. (Herbal & Botanicals II)
(See CSMS message for 19 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 J [ ] [ ] 07
Acai (Herbal & Botanicals II)
Euterpe oleracea Mart. (Herbal & Botanicals II)
(See CSMS message for 7 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
Class K - Herbal & Botanicals (other than teas) II
54 K [ ] [ ] 01
Bupleurum (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
Bupleurum chinense DC (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
(See CSMS message for 26 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 K [ ] [ ] 02
Eucommia (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
(See CSMS message for 6 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 K [ ] [ ] 03
Valerian (Herbal & Botanicals II)
Valeriana officinalis L. (Herbal & Botanicals II)
(See CSMS message for 27 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 K [ ] [ ] 04
Fang Feng(Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.)
(See CSMS message for 8 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 K [ ] [ ] 05
Roselle (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.(Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
(See CSMS message for 7 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 K [ ] [ ] 06
Holy Basil (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
Ocimum tenuiflorum L. (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
(See CSMS message for 20 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
54 K [ ] [ ] 07
Acai (Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
Euterpe oleracea Mart.(Herbal & Botanicals, not Teas II)
(See CSMS message for 7 herbals & botanicals listed by their Latin or common name)
(Note that FDA has often stated that the quality of data and codes is important for FDA's automated import admissibility screening module, PREDICT (Predictive Risk-based Evaluation for Dynamic Import Compliance Targeting). However, in April 2010, FDA suspended further rollout of PREDICT due to IT infrastructure problems. PREDICT will continue in full production use in Los Angeles and New York Districts and is screening every line entered through the ports in those districts. See ITT’s Online Archives or 04/20/10 news, 10042021, for BP summary of FDA announcing that has suspended further rollout of PREDICT.)
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