FDA’s New Import Screening Tool PREDICT – Overview and Current Status

• By: Staff Editor
• Date: September 22, 2011

The FDA will soon be implementing a new import screening tool, Predictive Risk-based Evaluation for Dynamic Import Compliance Targeting or PREDICT. This system is expected to improve the current electronic screening system by targeting higher risk products and minimizing delays in shipping lower risk products.

This article gives a brief overview of the PREDICT tool and recent developments in its implementation.