CSMS # 54179950 - USDA Announces Propagative Shipment Database Service Maintenance Beginning Friday, December 2, 2022

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CSMS # 54179950 - USDA Announces Propagative Shipment Database Service Maintenance Beginning Friday, December 2, 2022

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) electronic system for propagative shipment processing will be offline for routine service maintenance, starting Friday, December 2, 2022, beginning at 6:00 p.m. EST, until Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. EST.

To ensure expedited agriculture clearance of propagative shipments during this time, we recommend the following:

For shipments requiring clearance on Saturday December 3, please contact the USDA plant inspection station that you currently work with regarding propagative shipments. This will avoid delays and ensure that all relevant information is available to conduct clearance activities. All shipments will be inspected per normal procedures; however, the document review, sample selection, and cargo release will take place outside of the system and will be processed electronically after the system is back online.

For questions related to the clearance process on Saturday December 3, or for other inquiries related to the system, please contact your USDA plant inspection station. Electronic message sets submitted prior to the outage do not require resubmission.

Electronic message sets submitted during service maintenance will be transmitted after the system is back online. Message sets may take up to 4 hours to appear in the propagative shipment database.
For questions regarding electronic message set issues, please contact the APHIS Message Set Help Desk ACE.ITDS@aphis.usda.gov.

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