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                Importing Food Products into the United States

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          Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI): Additional CapabilitiesImporting Food Products into the United States Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI): Additional Capabilities
  
  					Instructions on how to Copy, Cancel and Find existing Web Entries and Prior Notices in PNSI
	
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    PrintScreens, descriptions, and examples are subject to change as enhancements are made to the system. They are not intended to take the place of the written regulations found in the Final Rule (Nov. 7, 2008).

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PNSI Terms
	Accessing the PNSI
	Creating a New Web Entry
	Creating and Saving a Prior Notice
	Completing a Web Entry
	Step-by-Step Instructions Main Page

Instructions

Web Entries
	Finding Existing Web Entries
		Canceling a Web Entry
		Copying a Web Entry
	Prior Notices
	Finding Existing Prior Notices
		Canceling a Prior Notice
		Copying a Prior Notice
		Submit Holding Facility Information After Any Prior Notice SubmissionFinding Existing Web Entries

Choose **Home**at the top right of any page to return to the **Welcome to the Prior Notice System Interface**page (Figure 37).

Choose the **Find Existing Web Entry**button.

The **Find Web Entries**page displays (Figure 37). From this page you can find an existing Web Entry, open an existing Web Entry to view or edit, or create a new Web Entry.
You can find all completed Web Entries you have created for the prior 90 days. You can find all open Web Entries that you have created for 3 years. This page lists all Web Entries for a transmitter that match the search criteria shown. Web Entries are displayed in ascending order by Entry Identifier.

Figure 37:

Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 1
In order to find a Web Entry, scroll through the list or use the search function.

Select a Web Entry by choosing the **Entry Identifier**.

The search criteria textboxes allow a search using multiple strings. For example, if you enter "XYZ ABC", the system will search for all items that contain "XYZ" and "ABC" in any order. The search function has the ability to search based on the following criteria:

Groups of Web Entries (e.g., those with Prior Notices still in Draft form)
	Anticipated Arrival Date range
	Some Web Entry criteria (Entry Identifier, Mode of Transportation, Entry Type)Canceling a Web Entry

To cancel from a **Web Entry (View)** page (Figure 15b):

Find the Existing Web Entry on the **Find Web Entries** page (Figure 37).

Choose the **Entry Identifier** of the Web Entry that you want to cancel to display the **Web Entry (View)** page.

Choose the **Cancel**button. You will be reminded that canceling a Web Entry also cancels any associated prior notices and asked to confirm that you want to cancel the Web Entry.

The **Web Entry (View)** page will be updated with the status of the Web Entry and associated prior notices as "Canceled".

Copying a Web Entry

Copying allows you to avoid repetitive data entry for similar Web Entries and associated Prior Notices. You may also cancel a Web Entry and then copy it, to correct errors in a Web Entry you have already completed.

Navigate to the Web Entry you wish to copy. For example, use the **Find Web Entries** page to access the **Web Entry (View)** page (Figure 15b) of the Web Entry you wish to copy.

Choose the **Copy** button. It displays on the upper right side of the **Web Entry (View)**page. The **Web Entry (Copy)** page displays (Figure 38).

Figure 38:

Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 2
Except if the Entry Type is Mail (Commercial), Mail (Non-Commercial Sender), or Baggage, enter the Entry Identifier for the new Web Entry or enable the **Not Known** checkbox. For all other Entry Types other than FTZ, IT, and T&E, only one "Open" Web Entry (i.e., not Completed or Canceled) may have a given Entry Identifier at a time for each Company.**Note:** For Mail (Commercial), Mail (Non-commercial Sender), and Baggage Entry Types, the system automatically generates a new Entry Number.

If you also wish to copy all associated Prior Notices, enable the **Copy Associated Prior Notices** checkbox. Doing this will create new Prior Notices in Draft status when the system copies the Web Entry.

Choose the **Next** button.

The**Web Entry (View)** page displays the new Web Entry and, if you requested it, copies of the associated Prior Notices in Draft Status.

Continue with the normal flow of Creating a Web Entry and Creating and Submitting a Prior Notice by editing the information that should be different.

Finding Existing Prior Notices

Choose **Home**at the top right of any page to return to the **Welcome to the Prior Notice System Interface** page.

Choose the **Find Existing Prior Notice**button.

The **Find Prior Notices** page displays (Figure 39). From this page you can find an existing Prior Notice, open an existing Prior Notice to view or complete it for submission, or create a new Prior Notice.

The **Find Prior Notices** page displays (Figure 39). From this page you can find an existing Prior Notice, open an existing Prior Notice to view or complete it for submission, or create a new Prior Notice.
You can find all Prior Notices that have been submitted via a web entry for 90 days from the date of submission. You can find all Prior Notices that are in draft and saved status for a period of 3 years from the date of the status., This page lists the Prior Notice Articles for a transmitter that match the search criteria shown. The Prior Notices are displayed in ascending order by Entry Identifier and Article Number.

Figure 39:

Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 3
In order to find an article, scroll through the list or use the search function.

Select the Web Entry by choosing the **Entry Identifier** or select the Article by choosing the **Article** .

The search criteria textboxes allow a search using multiple strings. For example, if you enter "XYZ ABC", the system will search for all items that contain "XYZ" and "ABC" in any order. The search function has the ability to search based on the following criteria:

Status (e.g., Canceled, Draft, Submitted)
	Entry Identifier
	Some Prior Notice criteria (e.g., Confirmation Number, Manufacturer, Product)Canceling a Prior Notice

As of August 24th, 2019, individual Prior Notices can no longer be cancelled. In order to cancel an individual Prior Notice, the entire web entry must be cancelled. All lines that you do not wish to be cancelled must be re-filed under a new Web Entry.

Copying a Prior Notice

Use the Copy feature to copy a Prior Notice within a Web Entry. Copying allows you to avoid repetitive data entry for similar Prior Notices.

Navigate to the Prior Notice you wish to copy. For example, if you wish to access a Prior Notice from the **Web Entry (View)** page (Figure 15b), choose the corresponding Article Number in the Article column.

If the Prior Notice is in Submitted or Canceled status, the **Prior Notice: Submitted**or**Prior Notice: Canceled** page displays. If the Prior Notice is in Draft or saved status, the Prior Notice: Article (View) page displays.

Choose the **Copy** button. It displays in the same place on the right side of the title bar on all three pages (e.g. the **Prior Notice: Submitted**page (Figure 34)). The **Prior Notice: Article (Edit)** page displays the new Prior Notice with the same information as in the Prior Notice you copied, except that it has the next available Article Number for the Prior Notice within the Web entry. For example, copying a Prior Notice for Article 0001 creates a Prior Notice for Article 0002, if 0002 has not been previously created within the Web Entry.

Continue with the normal flow of Creating and Submitting a Prior Notice by editing the information that should be different.

Submit Holding Facility Information After Any Prior Notice Submission

If United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has directed this article to a Holding Facility**after** the Prior Notice was transmitted you will need to provide the Holding Facility information. PNSI has a new function, **View/Submit Holding Facility,** that allows you to submit Holding Facility information for a Prior Notice that has already been submitted, even if the Prior Notice has been transmitted through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Automated Commercial System (ACS) or by another PNSI user.

You will need the Prior Notice Confirmation Number that can be found on the **Prior Notice: Submitted** page (Figure 34) or the **Web Entry Summary Confirmation** PDF plus information about the Holding Facility. Holding Facility information *may* be required for any Entry Type except for Mail (Commercial) and Mail (Non-Commercial Sender).

Access the **View Holding Facility** page from the **Welcome to the Prior Notice System Interface** page (Figure 3) by clicking on the **View/Submit Holding Facility** button. The **Holding Facility (View)** page displays any Holding Facility information that was submitted through PNSI using *your* account. (Figure 40)

Figure 40:

Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 4
**If the Prior Notice was transmitted through PNSI using *your* account:**

Select the **Find Existing Prior Notice** button to display all submitted Prior Notices on the **Find Prior Notices** page (Figure 39).

Choose the article number to display the **Prior Notice: Submitted** page for that Prior Notice (Figure 34).

Choose the **Submit Holding Facility** button.

**If the Prior Notice was transmitted through ACS or through PNSI using *someone else's* account:**

Choose the **Submit Holding Facility** button.

Enter the Prior Notice Confirmation Number on the **Holding Facility - Enter Prior Notice Information** page (Figure 41)

Choose the **Next** button to proceed.

Figure 41:

Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 5
The **Prior Notice: Holding Facility (Enter)** page will display. (Figure 42) Enter the Specific Holding Location (within the Holding Facility), Contact Name, Phone, and Date Available at Location.

Select an appropriate **Holding Location Type** (Port/Import Lot, Secure Facility at Port, or Secure Facility outside of Port) from the **Holding Location Type** drop-down list.

Under **Holding Facility Address**, enter the Holding Facility's Food Facility Registration Number, Business Name, and City, or all required address information denoted by asterisks.

Choose the **Save** button.

Figure 42:

Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 6
Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 7
The **Prior Notice: Submitted** page or the **Holding Facility (View)** page (Figure 43) displays the Holding Facility information in static text.

You may navigate to the **Holding Facility (View)** page at any time from the **Welcome** page. Use the **Holding Facility (View)** page to check the status of your Holding Facility Information submission. If the status of the Holding Facility is set to **Pending**, you should come back to this page shortly to check the status of the Holding Facility.

Figure 43:

Prior Notice for Food Articles Additional Capabilities Web Entries Step 8
Holding Facility Statuses:

**Pending** - the Holding Facility information has been submitted to FDA but the system is still searching for the matching submitted Prior Notice. Come back and check the updated status shortly.
	**Accepted** - the Holding Facility information has been successfully submitted to FDA and the Confirmation Number successfully matched to a submitted Prior Notice.
	**Duplicate** - the Prior Notice Confirmation Number has been matched to an existing Prior Notice but Holding Facility information has already been submitted for this Prior Notice.
	**Rejected** - the Prior Notice Confirmation Number has not been matched to a Prior Notice.

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      08/24/2019
              
              
Regulated Product(s)
		 Food & BeveragesTopic(s)
			  ImportImporting Food Products into the United States

          
                        Prior Notice of Imported Foods
          Filing Prior Notice of Imported Foods
          Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP)
          Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP): Public List of Approved VQIP Importers
          Accredited Third-Party Certification Program
          Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Public Registry of Accredited Third-Party Certification Bodies
          Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Public Registry of Recognized Accreditation Bodies
          Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Voluntary Audit Templates
          Foreign Suppliers Verification Programs (FSVP) - List of Participants
          Foreign Suppliers Verification Programs (FSVP) - Importer Portal for Records Submission
          FDA Strategy for the Safety of Imported Food
 
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