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[vinesh]

I just saw on the www.royalmail.com website that from the 12th December every item of food that is to be shipped/mailed/... to the USA needs to have a customs clearence document prior to being despatched.

You need to register at www.fda.gov for the pre-shipment documentation, but if I read it correctly you need 1 form for each and every item in the package.

Is this the end of expat websites? Is there a US customs guy on this forum who can explain this?

[EMO1]

This may be of some help.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,20...1825571,00.html

[vinesh]

Thanks for the link.

Do you know on how to make the process simpler. We don't manufacture we just reship the packaged goods.

[EMO1]

Check here for more info from FDA
http://www.fda.gov/default.htm
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00995.html
I called the FDA and even for a box of candy you have to file
a "prior notice"


This may be a big help--http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/news/fda_food_reg.html