FDA’s Final Rule Aims To Improve Tracing Of Contaminated Foods

FDA on Tuesday (Nov. 15) published a final rule that establishes additional recordkeeping requirements for companies that manufacture, process or pack foods, in a bid to improve the traceability of contaminated foods in line with the goals of FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative , which outlines the agency’s goals for improving food safety over the next few years. The agency says the final rule will allow FDA to more efficiently identify the origin and route of travel...