The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will shortly launch a new internet risk-based screening system for imports, which will allow importers to check the status of some products without having to contact the agency.
The so-called PREDICT (Prediction Risk-based Evaluation for Dynamic Impact Compliance Targeting) program will replace the admissibility screening function of OASIS, the organization’s legacy system.
“PREDICT will assist entry reviewers in targeting higher-risk shipments for examination. It will also expedite the clearance of lower-risk cargo, but only if accurate and complete data are provided by importers and entry filers,” FDA said on its website.
The system was tested in Los Angeles over the summer, and further testing is scheduled for New York in January, Dominic Veneziano, director of the FDA’s division of import operations and policy, told delegates at the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas 41st annual conference on 12 November, according to The Packer.
The program should roll out nationally by next summer.
The PREDICT system assigns products a risk score based on the overall food safety risk level associated with the commodity and compliance data supplied by importers, brokers, processors and other product handler, The Packer said.
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