FDA Schedules Entry Processing Outage Jan. 20-21
A scheduled FDA upgrade of its import operations database will lead to an outage from 10 p.m. Jan. 20 to 5 a.m. Jan. 21 EST, CBP said Jan. 17. This will affect the Interoperability Web Service (IWS), the FDA Import Trade Auxiliary Communications Systems (ITACS) and prior notice applications, except the Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI), the agency said in a CSMS message.
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FDA will not process any inbound entries or outbound messages during this time, CBP said. The agency does not want people to resubmit entries as this will "increase the processing time to catch up when the interface is restored," the agency said.
Prior notices can be submitted but will not be processed by the FDA, CBP said. There may be a delay in review of the prior notices and that may lead to prior notices being reviewed beyond their "expected timeframes," the agency said. The FDA is asking for prior notices early to "mitigate the delay," CBP said.