FDA Adds 9 New Product Codes for Tobacco
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that the Food and Drug Administration has added nine new product codes for Industry 98 - Tobacco Products.
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New Product Codes Should be Used Immediately
The new codes should be used immediately where appropriate to identify the product being submitted for entry, using currently existing conventions for building a product code for Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) regulated products.
Nine Product Codes Added
FDA has added the following new product codes:
Class B -- Cigarettes
98B - 06 Cigarettes, Light, Mild, or Low, Unflavored
98B - 07 Cigarettes, Light, Mild, or Low, Flavored (Menthol)
98B - 08 Cigarettes, Light, Mild, or Low
Class C - Smokeless Tobacco
98C - 08 Chewing Tobacco, Light, Mild, or Low, Loose Leaf
98C - 09 Chewing Tobacco, Light, Mild, or Low, Plug
98C - 10 Chewing Tobacco, Light, Mild, or Low, Twist
98C - 11 Snuff, Light, Mild, or Low, Dry
98C - 12 Snuff, Light, Mild, or Low, Moist
98C - 13 Snus, Light, Mild, or Low
Quality of Data/Codes Important for PREDICT
With FDA's automated import admissibility screening module, PREDICT (Predictive Risk-based Evaluation for Dynamic Import Compliance Targeting), the quality of the data transmitted will greatly affect both the automated and manual aspects of the entry review process. Both the affirmation of compliance (AofC) codes and the product codes provided at the time of entry are important to expedite the entry review process.
(FDA stated in April 2010 that it had suspended further rollout of PREDICT due to IT infrastructure problems. PREDICT will continue in full production use in Los Angeles and New York Districts; and is screening every line entered through the ports in those districts. See ITT’s Online Archives or 04/20/10 news, (Ref: 10042005), for BP summary of FDA announcing that has suspended further rollout of PREDICT.)
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 06/24/09 news, 09062415, for BP summary of the signing into law of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111-31).
See ITT’s Online Archives or 07/07/09 and 12/29/09 news, 09070725 and 09093020">09093020, for BP summaries of FDA’s request for comments and extension of the comment period on the implementation of Public Law 111-31.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/24/09 news, 09092420, for BP summary of FDA’s notice on enforcement of the prohibition on flavored cigarettes and components.)
CSMS #09-000117 (dated 05/07/10) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17899&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby