CBP Posts EPA and FSIS Data Samples for PGA Message Set Pilot

March 29, 2013 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP posted new materials describing the Participating Government Agency (PGA) message set pilot program that will allow for the filing of some Environmental Protection Agency and Food Safety and Inspection Service information through ACE. The pilots will allow for electronic filing of foreign inspection certificates, automated validation checks and messaging between the agencies and the filers regarding validation results, according to overviews of the pilots (here) and (here). The EPA pilot will begin late summer and the FSIS pilot will begin May 28 (see 13032829).

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Among the posted materials are a recent Webinar on the pilots (here), EPA ozone depleting substances HTS codes (here), FSIS data samples and guidelines (here) and CBP PGA Message Set pilot overview (here).