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,
KEY TAKEAWAYS • In a 2026 survey of more than 600 U.S. manufacturing leaders, 65% of frontline supervisors reported losing
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Enforcement of the FDA Food Traceability Rule (FSMA 204) is set for July 20, 2028; Congress has
Update: 08/12/2026 KEY TAKEAWAYS • FDA-regulated food recalls rose to 523 in 2025, up from 431 in 2024, and undeclared
