FDA Prior Notice System Interface Was Down for Maintenance on Nov 19
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a CSMS message announcing that the Food and Drug Administration's Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI) was down for maintenance on November 19, 2011 between 1:00 AM EST and 12:00 PM EST. During this time, ACS, OASIS, and the link between ACS and OASIS were operational but PNSI was unavailable. Prior Notice could be submitted through the ABI/ACS system.
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If brokers use the PNSI system and they submitted Prior Notice via PNSI prior to the system outage and a confirmation number has already been received, the confirmation number must accompany the article of food (21 CFR 179(g)). In addition, FDA and CBP recommend that the submitter also provide the PNSI confirmation page, including the Prior Notice confirmation number and time stamp to CBP officers for cargo release. If the Prior Notice confirmation page is not provided, this may delay cargo release while the CBP officer contacts FDA for verification of the Prior Notice confirmation number(s) and time of submission.
(CSMS #11-000287, dated 11/18/11)