AMS Issues Final Rule to Allow for Egg Import Requests in ACE

The Agricultural Marketing Service is issuing a final rule to allow for electronic filing of shell egg import requests through the CBP Automated Commercial Environment and by email (here). The rule is meant to streamline the import process for table eggs, hatching eggs and inedible liquid egg by requiring that applications for inspection be submitted electronically, the AMS said when it proposed the rule (see 1506090024). The proposed rule is meant to comply with President Barack Obama's executive order that called for completion of the International Trade Data System by the end of 2016. No comments were filed on the proposal, said the AMS.