FDA Webinar on Traceability Rule

  • FDA Webinar on Traceability Rule

    Posted by Phil Britton on December 5, 2022 at 11:05 PM

    Hey all,

    Many of you had asked for more discussion around the new traceability rule at this week’s CoP meeting. As luck would have it, FDA is hosting a webinar on the rule during our regular meeting time. This would be valuable for many of us to attend. We’ll still have our regular CoP meeting open (maybe we’ll figure out a way to stream the first half of it, watch party style), but feel free to jump on the webinar instead. Info below!

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    FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

    https://www.fda.gov/fsma

    Agenda Now Available for the Webinar on the Food Traceability Final Rule

    December 1, 2022

    The agenda for the new upcoming informational webinar on the recently released Food Traceability final rule issued under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is now available. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ET).

    The final rule is designed to facilitate faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne illnesses and/or deaths. During the webinar, the FDA will provide an overview of the final rule, including the foods and entities covered by the rule, explain the exemptions from the rule, and discuss the recordkeeping requirements of the rule. The FDA will answer pre-submitted questions and take questions during the webinar.

    Foods subject to the final rule requirements appear on the Food Traceability List (FTL), and include fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, shell eggs, nut butters, as well as certain fresh fruits, certain fresh vegetables, ready-to-eat deli salads, soft cheeses, and certain seafood products.

    Persons who manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods on the FTL must maintain records including Key Data Elements (KDEs) related to Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) in the supply chain for the food (link). Covered entities – including farms, manufacturers, distributors, retail food establishments, and restaurants – will be required to provide this traceability information to the FDA within 24 hours of an official request, or within some reasonable time to which the FDA agrees.

    The Food Traceability final rule is a key component of the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint and implements Section 204(d) of FSMA.

    Register for the Webinar

    You may submit a question in advance when registering. You may also submit your question to [email protected].

    The webinar will be recorded and posted to the meeting page.

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