On March 21, 2017 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #17-000156 announcing additional functionality to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Product Code Builder.

This additional functionality called, Product Code Builder Application Program Interface (PCB API) allows, “software programmers to build a user interface that retrieves information from the Product Code Builder database.” The PCB API, will not replace, but work in conjunction with the current PCB to allow the trade to “query and verify FDA Product Codes”. 

The CSMS can be viewed at:

https://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=22559&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby=

Additional information from FDA can be accessed at:

https://www.fda.gov/forindustry/importprogram/resources/ucm462993.htm