U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Requirements
Step 1
• To file a new advance notice, the exporter must create an online form.
• If the exporter has already started an online form or a prior notice and wants to find it, choose either ``Find existing online form`` or ``Find existing prior notice``.
Étape 2
• Select the exporter’s entry type from the pull-down menu.
ENTRY TYPES
¤ Consumption - PNSI entry type is used for imported food going directly into the commerce of the United States without any time or use restrictions placed on them by CBP. A consumption entry is the most common CBP and PNSI entry type.
¤ Consumption (Express Courier) - Same as the Consumption entry type above with consideration made for shipments via Express Couriers who provide a tracking number instead of an Airway Bill Number or Bill
of Landing number. This entry type is to be used only by shippers sending articles of food to the United States via express couriers. It is not to be used by express couriers transmitting prior notice on behalf of their customers.
¤ Mail (Commercial purpose) – PNSI entry type for food arriving by international mail for commercial purposes.
¤ Mail (Non-commercial purpose/non-commercial sender)
– PNSI entry type for food arriving by international mail for non-commercial purposes from non-commercial senders.
¤ Informal – PNSI informal entry type covers certain commercial, non-commercial, and mail shipments, dependent on value and other restrictions, that are entered for consumption, i.e. for use or sale. In most
cases, informal entry can be used if the food is valued at $2,000 or less, with exceptions for certain food subject to quota/visa restrictions.