CSMS Message: 17-000618

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now validates their own product codes and CBP no longer maintains FDA product code information. As such, the following changes have been and are being put in place.

On November 25, 2016, CBP removed the Product Code Query (PA/PY) from the PGA Queries chapter of the ACE ABI CATAIR.

Additionally, on March 20, 2017, FDA deployed the Product Code Builder Application Program Interface (PCB API), which is a separate interface for trade to search/query FDA product codes. This interface can be found at the following link: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ora/pcb/index.cfm?action=main.pcb

On October 28, 2017, CBP plans to disable the following application ID's in PRODUCTION, which means they will no longer be available in ACE: PA/PY (Product Code Query) and the AA/AY (FDA AoC Query).

CONTACT INFO:
For technical questions regarding the PCB API please e-mail ORAAPIRequests@fda.hhs.gov.

If you require assistance with general product code questions, please see the Product Code Builder page (https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ora/pcb/index.cfm?action=main.pcb) for product code tutorials and submit questions through the feedback link (PCBFeedback@fda.hhs.gov).

PCB API authorization key requests: <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ora/pcb/index.cfm?action=api.requestForm> https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ora/pcb/index.cfm?action=api.requestForm

PCB API information: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ora/pcb/apidocs/

Online PCB questions please email: <mailto:PCBFeedback@fda.hhs.gov> PCBFeedback@fda.hhs.gov

To determine the correct product code for a specific product or the appropriateness of a product code: contact the local FDA office https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ImportProgram/ucm435008.htm

The information received from the ACE FDA AoC query (AA/AY) plus additional AofC information is available on the FDA's ACE/ITDS web page, https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ImportProgram/ucm456276.htm