The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the Food Traceability Final Rule Nov. 15 to establish additional recordkeeping requirements. The rule is scheduled to be published by the Federal Register and take effect on Nov. 21.
The FDA announced last week that it submitted the final rule to the Office of the Federal Register, meeting the Nov. 7 deadline outlined in the Food Safety Modernization Act.
The goal of FDA’s rule is to increase traceability so potentially contaminated food can quickly be identified and removed from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne illnesses and…
