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SUBJECT: Courier Shipments Imported Through Passenger Baggage
OBJECTIVE: All courier shipments arriving through passenger baggage at the Los Angeles, Ontario, John Wayne, and Harry Reid International Airports without timely U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior notice and U.S. Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) import permits and/or certificates for all importations of meat and poultry products and byproducts, dairy products, or plant and plant products, fruits and vegetables will be immediately re-exported by the arrival carrier per 21 CFR 1.283(b) or 9 CFR 94, 95, and 96 as prescribed in 9 CFR 327.4, or 7 CFR 319.
Courier shipments are defined as those shipments containing multiple packages of various food items entered by one individual with the intent to distribute to third parties after making entry into the United States.
This Trade Information Notice is effective immediately as of Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
ACTION:
- If all packages of the consolidated shipment have prior notice confirmation and required USDA-APHIS import permits and/or certificates, then the entire shipment will be subject to inspection.
- If one package of the consolidated shipment is lacking prior notice confirmation and/or USDA-APHIS import permits and/or certificates, then the entire shipment will be refused entry and immediate exportation (IE) required.
- Air carriers will file a CBP 7509 Air Cargo Manifest form marked “Post Entry for IE”.
- CBP will annotate “No FDA Prior Notice (PN) and/or USDA-APHIS import permits and/or certificates – I.E. required” on the CBP 7509 form.
- CBP will issue a CBP 6051D, Detention Notice and Custody Receipt for Detained Property.
- Air carriers will be responsible for filing a CBP 7512 in-bond type 63 for immediate exportation (I.E.) (19 CFR Part 18.25) within 24 hours. If not compliant, CBP will issue liquidated damages and/or penalties.
- Refer to Public Bulletin LA13-002 dated October 9, 2012, “Manifesting Bag Tag Numbers in the Air AMS System”.
If you have any questions, please contact Section Chief Agriculture Specialist John Anaya at (310) 665-4634.
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