CBP Miami Announces New Procedures for Agriculture Inspection Requests
CBP's Miami field office will use new procedures for requesting agriculture inspection services, it said in an informational bulletin. Effective March 24, 2013, the CBP-Agriculture Inspection (CBP-Al) Request form will be required to be submitted by email as an attachment to the agcustomer@CBP.DHS.GOV email account when requesting inspection services with the Agriculture Air Cargo Operations Desk office. Faxing the CBP-Al form is no longer required, the notice said.
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The trade community will continue filling out the form which needs to be signed by the requester, said CBP. The agency will acknowledge receipt of the inspection request via email with the following statement: “Received and recorded XXXX hrs” (military time). This email will serve as a confirmation that the information has been recorded in the Operations Desk Inspections Daily Work Log. If a confirmation email isn't received, contact the Operations Desk Supervisor at (305) 869-2800 to verify the status of your request, the notice said.
Contact: Enrique Rodriquez-Matos at (305) 796-5969
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