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Where were changes made in the 10/14/2020 version?

1. Page 8 - 10, the process and rules associated with appending documents to submissions AFTER they have been

submitted to the CVB has changed. Firms may no longer append documents after submission unless they contact the

CVB first and a "Request Info from Submitter" loop is opened.

2. Page 13, Organization of the Submission History Page section was updated to reflect the move of this information

from the Account Details page to the Submission History Page

Where were changes made in the 10/18/2019 version?

1. Page 3, "APHIS 2005" was removed from the list of Submission Types. APHIS 2005s have a different method of

submission in the NCAH Portal now - refer to user guides 27, 28 or 29 based on the reason for submission.

Where were changes made in the 9/13/2019 version?

1. Page 3, clarifying language was added regarding entry of data in the Product Code field

Where were changes made in the 2/8/2021 version?

1. Page 9 - The Reviewer's name column was added to the Search Results when using the Submission History to find

APHIS 2049 submissions to PEL.

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Where were changes made in the 9/17/2021 version?

1. Page 3 - A link was added to the Single Tier Guidance webpage.
You will be taken to the Veterinary Biologics Regulatory E-Submission Form for Policy, Evaluation, and Licensing. 

1. For APHIS Form 2049 submissions, 

start by entering the CVB section of 

the Portal and then navigating to 

the 2049 Submission Form. 

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Definition of a “submission”—Portal entries will be transferred directly to the CVB Mail Log upon submission. When 

multiple documents or requests are to be submitted on the same day, it is important for submitters to align, to the 

extent possible, with CVB thinking on what constitutes separate submissions, with separate 2049 forms. Click the 

button below to learn more. 

Establishment—Only those establishments for which the user has a current APHIS Form 2007 on file will be available in the drop-down 

menu. 

Product Code—User may select codes assigned to the selected Establishment. If the submission does not apply to a particular product, 

select NA0000. If the submission applies to a product that has not yet been assigned a USDA Product Code, enter UNASGN. 

NOTE: enter only alphanumerics. Do NOT include the decimal point.

Special Outline No.—Enter only if the submission pertains to a Special Outline 

Submission Type—Use the following business rules to determine the appropriate submission type: 

• Protocol is for pre-study review.

• Report is for data of any kind, whether formatted as a formal report or simply a summary appended to a letter.

• Historical Study Summary is for submissions containing a study summary with or without a historical report. Refer to 

STLC Industry Guidance 

• Labels, post-license: For labels to be used on postlicense product, regardless whether the labels are submitted before or

after licensure. Do NOT use this submission type for experimental labels or labels for product exported under FDAEREA. ***See separate “2049 Guide to Submitting Labels” and “Using CVB Template for a Label Mounting Sheet” *** 

• Outline: for Outlines of Production

• Special Outline: for Special Outlines

• Use Correspondence only if other values do not apply. 

Fields with a red asterisk (*) are required.

Business rules for separating items into distinct submissions 

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Submission Subtype—Use the following business rules to determine the appropriate subtype(s). More than one subtype may be selected.

Outlines and labels do not have an applicable subtype.

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Submission Subtype Value 

103.3/other movements For authorizations to move product under 9CFR 103.3 or to move items into production facilities or 

other locations 

Administrative/license maintenance For routine letters about license application/termination/inactivation or special outline inactivation. 

Assay validation - potency For initial assay validation or to support changes in potency assay architecture/format (other than 

diagnostic kits) 

Assay validation - RelPot Transition For submissions to support changes in analysis packages away from RelPot, per CVB Notice 13-18 

Diagnostic Panel Validation For submissions supporting the samples (initial and replacement) used in serial release testing for 

diagnostic test kits 

Assay reagent change For submissions supporting the change to new reagent lots in a previously validated assay (other 

than diagnostic panels) 

Cell Submissions pertaining to Master Cells 

Diagnostic field study Ruggedness studies for kits 

Diagnostic spec-sens Specificity/sensitivity studies for kits 

Dilution of Preservative Studies to support media volumes used for serial release sterility/purity testing 

Efficacy-component compatibility Lack of interference studies 

Efficacy-pivotal or DOI Both short- and long-term pivotal efficacy studies 

Efficacy-proof of concept/other For exploratory studies, challenge model development, and other miscellaneous studies 

Efficacy-reference qualification Qualification or requalification studies (not stability monitoring data) 

Establishment issue Submissions pertaining to an establishment license, including corporate acquisitions and mergers 

Exemption Exemption requests 

FDA-EREA Submissions regarding products to be exported under the Food and Drug Administration’s Export 

Reform and Enhancement Act of 1996 

Jurisdiction/Licensability Issues regarding regulatory jurisdiction or other concerns regarding whether something is licensable. 

Manufacturing Process (Mfr Proc) Proposals to change manufacturing methods. Equivalency studies(not efficacy) when changing 

formulations or processes 

Personnel Consent to share CBI (for liaisons etc, use 2007 entry in portal) 

Residue clearance Slaughter withdrawal, adjuvant clearance 

SIF/Risk Analysis SIFs and other risk-related documents 

Safety-backpassage Reversion to virulence studies 

Safety-field Typical field safety, per VSM 800.204 

Safety-overdose Overdose studies 

Safety-shed/spread/tropism Shed/spread studies and non-target safety 

Safety-special claims Such as safe in pregnant cows or some other special condition not adequately addressed in a normal 

field safety study 

Seed Submission pertaining to Master Seeds 

Stability-confirm dating Confirming product dating, per 9CFR 114.13 

Stability-reference monitoring Periodic potency reference monitoring reports, per VSM 800.211 

Labeling Issues Correspondence dealing with labeling issues. Do NOT use on routine label submissions.

Inactivation kinetics For submissions demonstrating inactivation or detoxification kinetics

Assay validation - other For initial validation, or to support changes in architecture/format, of assays other than potency 

assays, RelPot transitions, or diagnostic kits.

Description

Confirmatory Test Request For submissions where confirmatory testing by the CVB is being requested (Seeds, Cells, Prelicense 

Serials, Outline Changes) 

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Tags—Use the following business rules to select tags, as appropriate.

Tag Value Description

Firm’s Licensing Plan For submissions where you are sending us your anticipated list of submissions needed for 

licensure, for CVB concurrence. See CVB Notice 11-12 for details.

Firm’s Priority Use this tag if the submission is high priority for processing. Use with discretion!

Brief Description—Explain the purpose of the submission. Include study numbers, but be succinct. Maximum 200 characters.

Direct Submission To—Select the name of the CVB reviewer for your establishment. In most cases, the CVB mail log item that is created 

from this submission will be routed directly to this person. Exception: Historical Study Summary submissions will be routed to the Single Tier 

Implementation Team, regardless of the reviewer specified on the 2049 form. 

Also notify (cc)—Optionally select the name(s) of additional CVB employees that you wish to be notified when this submission is transferred 

(submitted) to the CVB mail log. It is not necessary to list the assigned IC specialist or BCA for your establishment, as they are automatically 

notified at the time that PEL processes the submission. 

Related Prior Completed (Reviewed) Submissions—List the Mail Log ID numbers of any directly related, prior reviewed/completed 

submissions if this submission is a follow-up to a CVB response or if there are precedents that need to be considered while reviewing this 

submission. 

Once the form is completed, click on to create a draft portal item. You may proceed preparing your item for submission at 

this time, or you may access it again later. If you elect to resume your preparation later, the draft may be found at by clicking the 

following menu item on the Dashboard: 

Locate your draft item from the list and click on More info... to open the item.

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Single Tier Labeling Use this tag if you are submitting labels for post-license use that have claims formatted according 

to the single tier rule and are in compliance with other single-tier guidance in VSM 800.54.

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With exceedingly rare exceptions, you must attach supporting documents to a 2049 submission before it is submitted. 

 Click the button to read more about preferred file formats, size restrictions, and other 

important information to help the CVB review your submission. 

Click on the Add Attachments button, then click on Add Document, to upload a file. 

Details on file formats

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Once the item is opened, you have the following choices: 

NOTE: The "Submit to CVB" button is only visible to 

liaisons and alternate liaisons.

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Document Type Description

Incoming submission (Core) all letters, reports, protocols or other text documentation except for a draft 

individual study summary to be posted at productdata.aphis.usda.gov. 

Incoming statistical data files See the Data Guidance on the CVB website for technical details.

Incoming sequence data genetic sequence data for Master Seeds (mainly recombinants)

Draft Individual Summary A study summary intended for publication on productdata.aphis.usda.gov, in 

accordance with 9CFR 112.2(a)(9)(v) 

Incoming post-license labels

This choice is only available for Label submissions. Post-license labeling, one label per 

document. ***See User Guide 11 - "Submitting Labels to CVB-Policy, Evaluation and Licensing" 

for more details on NCAH Portal procedures and “User Guide 13 - "Using the CVB Template for 

a Label Mounting Sheet” for details on preparing your submission***

Incoming Outline This choice only available for Outline and Special Outline submission. ***See User Guide 20 - 

"Submitting Outlines to Policy, Evaluation and Licensing (PEL)" for more details*** 

There will be additional document 

choices for label and outline submissions.

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File — The interface to search for a document is similar to many Windows-based applications. Click the Browse button and navigate to 

the location on your computer where the desired document is located. With the exception of hyphens (-) and underscores (_), do not 

include special characters in your file names. If filenames have prohibited special characters, the characters will be stripped out of 

the filename upon upload.

Type—Select a document type according to the following business rules: 

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Submitter’s Study ID: Firms are strongly encouraged to assign unique identifiers to each study they submit to the CVB, to allow for easy 

differentiation of similar studies. Please add the unique study identifier if the document being uploaded has one. (This field is not available 

for statistical data files because of how they are handled at the CVB. The study ID should be noted within the statistical files.) 

Comments—Enter any comments pertaining specifically to the individual document. (This field not available for statistical data files because 

of how such files are handled at the CVB. If you have comments specific to statistical files, mention them in a cover letter.) 

Repeat this procedure for each document you wish to upload to the submission. 

Uploading multiple documents at once 

Multiple Incoming documents (except outlines/special outlines/post-license labels) may be selected at once, for uploading in a single 

action, provided that they all are of the same document type and have unique file names. 

To select more than one file in the File field, highlight the first file, then hold the Control key down while selecting additional files. If the 

desired files are all in a continuous sequence in the listing from which you are selecting, you can highlight the first file, then hold down the 

Shift key while clicking on the final file to select the entire group at once. 

Removing a document prior to submitting to the CVB

An uploaded document may be removed from a 2049 item, provided that the item has not yet been submitted to the CVB. To remove an 

uploaded document, first click on the Add Attachment button at the bottom of the 2049 Submission Info page. In the pop-up box that 

appears, there is an option to remove previously uploaded documents. This functionality is only available before the item is submitted. 

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Submitting to CVB 

When the portal item is completely ready to send to the CVB, click on the Submit to CVB button (available to liaisons and alternate liaisons 

only). Note the mail log (ML) ID that is returned to the portal user immediately. This identifier is the most direct way of identifying a 

particular submission when communicating with the CVB. 

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UpdaƟng a Portal Submission ng a

that is with the CVB 

Do not create a new 2049 submission to amend/update documents in an open 

submission. In instances that additional or replacement documents need to be 

added to a 2049 submission after it has been submitted to the CVB (i.e.

appending a document) the firm must contact the CVB Reviewer and request a 

"Request Info From Submitter" action. This request may be done by email or 

phone call to the CVB Reviewer. Once the "Request Info From Submitter" action 

has been initiated by the Reviewer, the submission will be eligible for appending 

documents in the NCAH Portal. Follow the steps below to append a document. 

Click on the hyperlink on the CVB page of the Dashboard that allows you to search for the desired 2049 submission:

Enter the Mail Log # of the submission you need to append documents to on the CVB Search screen and click the Search button.

Your item will be shown in the table below the search fields.

Click on the Info link in the far right column to open the item.

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An item is open for document additions as long as the Append Submission button is available at the bottom of the Submission Info 

page for the item. Click on the Append to Submission button to start the process.

The procedure to Append a document is largely the same as used to Attach documents prior to submitting to the CVB, with the 

following differences: 

• Only users with the liaison or alternate liaison role can Append documents, as they are transferred immediately to the

CVB without a separate Submit to CVB action. Other users may see the Append Submission button for awareness, but will not

be able to complete an Append action.

• Users may append only one document at a time.

• Users may indicate that the new document supersedes/replaces a previously uploaded document, provided that the

document type and file extension (e.g., pdf) for both are the same. This will cause versioning in the CVB Mail Log, to ensure

that CVB personnel are working with the most current version. Superseded versions are retained by the CVB for historical

purposes.

• Once the appended document is submitted, an email is sent to all CVB employees currently working with the submission

so they are aware of the update.

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2049 submissions transferred to the CVB are updated at defined times in the course of CVB review/processing:

• When the CVB needs additional input from the submitter: The status of the submission changes from Submitted to Awaiting Update

from the Submitter.

• When the CVB acknowledges receipt of the requested additional input: The status of the submission changes back to Submitted

after being in Awaiting Update from the Submitter status.

• Upon completion of regulatory review: The status of the submission changes to Completed. The term “completed” refers only to

the status of regulatory review and has no bearing on whether the submitted information was acceptable for the purpose intended.

Status changes are noted in the Account Details section of the portal twice daily, at 11 AM and 3 PM Central US Time, which can be viewed by 

anyone having portal access. Additionally, a daily email, listing all of the portal items that have had a status change during the past 24 hours, 

will be sent at approximately 3:30 pm to the email address on file with the CVB for delivery of Electronic Notification of Serial Release (ENSR).

When the CVB requests an update from the submitter—A brief description of the request will appear in the Submission History. The 

reviewer may provide further detail via email or telephone. 

When the CVB releases a formal response (status goes to completed)—Outgoing documents, if any, will be attached to the 

Submission Info page 

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When to expect portal updates from the CVB

What you will receive from CVB at a status change

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All 2049 submissions changing to Completed status should have either an outgoing document attached or an explanatory Remark. 

Occasionally the CVB will release to portal formal CVB correspondence that did not arise as a direct response to something a portal user 

submitted. When this occurs, the Submission History will show the item was created by CVB. 

All “open” submissions (Submitted or Awaiting Update from Submitter statuses) remain accessible in the NCAH portal until they are 

completed. Completed submissions are available for 60 days after their Last Action Date. Firms are expected to download CVB 

responses to their own digital archives prior to the 60-day deadline. Please note that the integrity of a digital signature is lost once a 

document is printed. Therefore, even if you wish to have a print copy for handy reference, also maintain the digital files downloaded 

from the portal to substantiate the integrity of any printed documents. 

Occasionally the CVB will close out a submission without a formal letter, typically for simple transactions where an acknowledgment 

of receipt is sufficient. In those instances, that acknowledgment statement will be in the Remarks section. 

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Retention of 2049 items in the NCAH Portal 

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To see status informaƟon of 2049s see your Submission History (CVB) page in 

the NCAH Portal. 

Click here to see the Submission History (CVB) and Account Details User Guide.

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Submitters may generate a pdf report of the information on the completed 2049 entry screen at any time. Click on the “Save 

as PDF” button at the bottom of the detail page for any submission. 

Recent Activity 

Items having some kind of status update (new submissions or CVB updates) in the portal in the past two weeks are featured in the Recent 

Activity tab of the Account Details page. This page also features items in the Awaiting Update from Submitter status regardless of the Last 

Action Date. 

Submissions Not Yet Received

This tab lists 2049 items still in draft status that have not been submitted to the CVB.

CVB Historical Search 

After there has been no portal action for two weeks, most items are accessible only through the Historical Search page until they are 

eliminated from the portal altogether. Items on the Recent Activity page, however, also may be queried through the Historical Search page. 

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Organization of Items on the Submission History Page 

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• Users may enter any combination of search parameters, and the system returns submissions meeting all criteria.

• Clicking on the Search button returns an online listing of applicable submissions, with a hyperlink to the full submission

record. Only a single Form type may be queried at one time when using the Search button.

• Clicking on the Export to Excel button returns listings in a downloadable spreadsheet format that then can be further

manipulated to meet the user’s needs. Use this option if you wish to return listings for more than one Form type.

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