FDA Issues Guidance Documents on Prior Notice, PNSI, Etc
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted five guidance documents to its Web site on the submission of prior notice of imported food (PN) and the Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI), as follows (see individual documents for complete details):
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Prior Notice for Food Articles Sent by International Mail, Step-by-Step Web System Instructions for PNSI Version 1.3.* (dated July 2004, available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/pn/pnstepm.html )
Prior Notice for Food Articles, Step-by-Step Web System Instructions for PNSI Version 1.3.* (dated July 2004, available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/pn/pnstep.html )
Prior Notice for Food Articles, Additional Capabilities for PNSI Version 1.3.* (dated July 2004, available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/pn/pnstep2.html )
Sending Food Gifts Through International Mail . (dated December 2003, available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/pn/pngift.html )
Index of Help Pages for FDA Industry Systems. This document provides links to various help pages and information associated with the following topics: Account Management, PNSI, and the Food Facility Registration Module. (available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/furls/helpol.htmlpn )
*Although three of these documents are specific to PNSI Version 1.3, and PNSI Version 1.4 was released on August 7, 2004, FDA sources state that these Version 1.3 documents are still largely up-to-date, as PNSI Version 1.4 did not make many changes to the features discussed in these notices. FDA sources add that, if necessary, at some point in the future FDA may issue updated editions of these documents.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 08/09/04 news, 04080915, for BP summary of PNSI Versions 1.4 and 1.3.
See ITT's Online Archives or 11/10/03 news, 03111010, for final part of BP's multipart summary of FDA's interim final rule on PN of imported food.)