USDA APHIS Lacey Act Validations Deployed to CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment

CSMS #50102115 - USDA APHIS Lacey Act Validations Deployed to CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 11/16/2021 12:00 PM EST CSMS #50102115 - USDA APHIS Lacey Act Validations Deployed to CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment USDA APHIS Lacey Act validations related to the PG05 PGA message Set record was deployed to the CERTIFICATION region of CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment. Code was deployed into CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) CERTIFICATION region on 11/15/2021, for the US Department of Agriculture, Lacey Act. This new code validates data provided in the PG05 record in the PGA Message Set, for the genus, species, and sub-species data elements. The validations are for common misspellings and mis-categorizations of data. Trade should expect a reject if invalid data is submitted in those fields. This code is expected to be deployed to CBP’s PRODUCTION region on December 11, 2021. Please contact lacey.act.declaration@aphis.usda.gov with any questions.