On June 15, 2026 The FDA held a public meeting to give the public an opportunity to share information on continued implementation of the Food Traceability Rule and areas of remaining concern, specifically as they relate to lot-level tracking and flexibilities for compliance. The Agency is now making the video recording of the meeting available for stakeholders. 

The FDA final rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods (Food Traceability Rule) requires persons who manufacture, process, pack, or hold food on FDA’s Food Traceability List to maintain and (in some cases) provide to their supply chain partners key data elements (KDEs) for certain critical tracking events (CTEs) in the food’s supply chain. The requirements in the rule will allow for faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne illnesses and deaths.

The original compliance date for all persons subject to the recordkeeping requirements of the Food Traceability Rule was January 20, 2026. The FDA proposed to extend the compliance date for the rule by 30 months to July 20, 2028. Subsequently, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act of 2026 (the Continuing Appropriations Act) directed FDA not to enforce the Food Traceability Rule prior to that same date of July 20, 2028. The FDA  intends to comply with this Congressional directive.

The Continuing Appropriations Act also required FDA to engage quarterly with regulated entities, including farms, restaurants, retail food establishments, and warehouses distributing to retail food establishments and restaurants, to identify and implement, as appropriate, additional flexibilities for satisfying the Food Traceability Rule’s lot-level tracking requirement. This public meeting is the second of these quarterly engagements.

The recording, and related transcripts, can be found on the public meeting webpage.