Items Tagged with 'FSMA 204'

Registration is now open for the virtual meetings on FSMA 204, which will be jointly hosted with the Partnership for Food Traceability. FDA is interested in hearing stakeholder feedback on lot-level traceability efforts, industry challenges, and potential solutions.

ReposiTrak asserts that this use case provides evidence that large-scale, automated traceability in compliance with FDA’s Food Traceability Rule is both operationally feasible and economically practical.

The agency has also finalized the exemption for IMS-listed Grade A cottage cheese from the requirements of the Food Traceability Rule.

A group of universities has developed a free, four-hour training course to help small- and medium-sized businesses comply with FDA's Final Food Traceability Rule (FSMA 204).

In March 2025, FDA announced its intent to extend the deadline for its Food Traceability Final Rule, under Section 204(d) of the Food Safety Modernization Act, by 30 months. FDA says the extension will allow affected companies more time for building the necessary systems and effecting complete coordination across the supply chain in order to implement the final rule's requirements. However, this is no reason to wait on traceability!

This article looks at what the FSMA 204/traceability requirements mean for temperature-controlled food storage and transportation, as well as processes and technologies that can support traceability throughout the fresh and frozen food supply chains.

The opening workshop of the 2025 Food Safety Summit focused on "Traceability Next Steps: Supply Chain Implementation" and included interactive traceability exercises to help attendees understand the requirements of FSMA 204.

This article discusses Taylor Fresh Foods'/Taylor Farms' efforts, learnings, and progress on its food safety journey toward FSMA 204 compliance.