Food
Prior Notice of Imported Foods
OMB Approval Number: 0910-0520
OMB Expiration Date: TBA (OMB approval has not expired for this collection of information. A request to extend approval is currently under review at OMB. The new expiration date will be on display soon.)
See OMB Burden Statement
The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act) directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the food regulatory agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, to take additional steps to protect the public from a threatened or actual terrorist attack on the U.S. food supply and other food-related emergencies.
To carry out certain provisions of the Bioterrorism Act, FDA has established new regulations requiring that:
- Food facilities are registered with FDA, and
- FDA be given advance notice on shipments of imported food.
The Act requires that FDA receive prior notice before food is imported or offered for import into the United States. Advance notice of import shipments allows FDA, with the support of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to target import inspections more effectively and help protect that nation's food supply against terrorist acts and other public health emergencies.
Instructions
- Quick Start Guide (also available in Spanish)
- Step by Step Web System Instructions
- PNSI "Wizards" Step by Step Instructions
- Product Code Builder Tutorial
- Find, Copy and Cancel Web Entries and Prior Notices
- Time Saving Tips from the FDA Prior Notice Center for PNSI
- New Features in PNSI
- HTS Codes
Guidance Documents
- Guidance for Industry: Enforcement Policy Concerning Certain Prior Notice Requirements
Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 2) Guidance for Industry: Entry Types and Entry Identifiers; Prior Notice of Imported Food Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Contingency Plan for System Outages Sec. 110.310 Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
Contact FDA
800-216-7331
301-575-0156 INTL
Contact for questions regarding PNSI account creation, management, password reset, and technical computer questions. (Mon–Fri 7:30 am - 11:00 pm EST)
Division of Food Defense Targeting
(formerly Prior Notice Center)
866-521-2297
571-468-1488 INTL
571-468-1936 Fax
prior.notice@fda.hhs.gov
Contact for questions regarding prior notice policies, procedures, and interpretations. (24/7)
Division of Import Operations & Policy
301-796-0356
Contact for import questions not related to prior notice.