APHIS Now Temporarily Accepting Almost All Veterinary Certificates in ACE DIS
CBP agricultural specialists will now accept nearly all import documents, including veterinary certificates, in the ACE Document Image System (DIS), regardless of the exporting country’s disease status, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in an April 8 update…
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to its policy on document submissions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency had previously allowed submissions via DIS for only some products, with products from countries recognized by APHIS affected with foreign animal diseases still requiring hard copy submission. But now only shipments of some high risk products, including bovine serum and fresh or frozen meat and poultry where the hard copy veterinary health certificate has not been provided to the Food Safety Inspection Service, are ineligible for electronic submission. The guidance will remain in effect through May 16. “APHIS will continue to evaluate the situation and provide updated guidance as appropriate,” it said.