KEY TAKEAWAYS • The Produce Traceability Initiative states that its case-level requirements are aligned with the FDA Food Traceability Rule […]
KEY TAKEAWAYS • On August 4, 2026 an Orange County Superior Court entered final judgment against California’s Department of Cannabis
KEY TAKEAWAYS • A food case label has one job downstream: let a customer’s scanner read what it is (GTIN),
KEY TAKEAWAYS – Foreign material caused more USDA-regulated recalls than anything else in 2025 (13 of 42), and undeclared allergens
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Since June 20, 2016, every official establishment and retail store that grinds raw beef for sale in
KEY TAKEAWAYS • FDA’s traceback converged on one supplier, but the recall issued on July 17, 2026 covered all iceberg
KEY TAKEAWAYS • NOAA’s Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) covers imports of 13 species groups — more than 1,100 species
Traceability Lot Codes, Explained: Who Assigns Them, Who Keeps Them, Who Passes Them On KEY TAKEAWAYS • Under FSMA 204,
KEY TAKEAWAYS • The Food Traceability Rule requires a written traceability plan from everyone covered by it — the plan
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Accuracy tells you whether a record is correct. Visibility tells you what you have, where it is,
