| Title: | AMS INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1996-08-02 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : CARLA ZZ-DONOFRIO
SUBJECT : AMS INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
DATE : 08/02/96
RES-1-FO:TC:I:E BL
TO : ALL TRADE COMPLIANCE PROCESS OWNERS
FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE
SUBJECT : AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
CERTAIN FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND SPECIALTY CROPS MUST BE INSPECTED
BY THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (AMS) PRIOR TO THEIR
RELEASE INTO THE COMMERCE OF THE U.S. WE HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS IN
THE PAST FROM DOMESTIC PRODUCERS THAT, WHILE THEIR PRODUCTS ARE
INSPECTED 100%, IMPORTED PRODUCTS ARE NOT.
TO RECTIFY THIS, WE REEMPHASIZED, THROUGH CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 099
3250-007, APRIL 3, 1996, THE EXISTING PROCEDURES. THIS DIRECTIVE
LISTS THE CROPS WHICH REQUIRE 100% INSPECTION BY AMS, AND DETAILS
THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY IMPORTERS, CUSTOMS, AND AMS.
APPARENTLY THESE PROCEDURES ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED AT ALL PORTS
BECAUSE WE ARE STILL RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FROM BOTH THE DOMESTIC
INDUSTRY AND CONGRESS.
ONE REASON FOR THIS MAY BE THAT CUSTOMS DIRECTIVES ARE NO LONGER
DISTRIBUTED TO THE FIELD IN HARD COPY. THEY ARE NOW DISTRIBUTED
ELECTRONICALLY. THE DIRECTIVE MAY BE FOUND USING THE TPX MENU ON
THE MAINFRAME OR ON THE CD ROM WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED MONTHLY TO
ALL PORTS WITH CD ROM CAPABILITY.
PLEASE NOTIFY ALL PORT DIRECTORS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS
DIRECTIVE AND ENSURE THAT THE PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES ARE BEING
FOLLOWED.
PHILIP METZGER