The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday that it is extending the compliance deadline for its far-reaching FSMA 204 Food Traceability Rule by 30 months. The rule was originally set to ...

In addition, the FDA has partnered with the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) to develop training for the food industry on the Food Traceability Rule. Curriculum development has been ...

On January 20, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new traceability rules — dubbed the Food Traceability Final Rule — will go into effect. The rule, the FDA explained, "establishes ...

Both of us have dedicated our careers to advancing food safety and protecting the public. Collectively, we’ve done so at the height of federal service, in consumer advocacy, and within the private ...

Food industry players across the value chain are frustrated by lingering questions about how to implement sweeping food safety changes that go into effect in little over a year, including fears of ...

In a win for some food industry groups, the Food and Drug Administration plans to extend the deadline for a major food safety rule by 30 months, punting the compliance date for food traceability until ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed an upcoming food traceability rule, which aims to make it easier to discover the source of foodborne outbreaks in combating illnesses and deaths.

There are many issues that divide us as a nation. Food safety shouldn’t be one of them. When the Food Safety Modernization Act was passed by Congress in 2010, it enjoyed bipartisan support. Still, ...

5 billion in the next four years. This surge reflects how modern technology is revolutionizing the way we track food from farm to fork. By 2025, food traceability has evolved from an industry buzzword ...

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