FDA to Delay Enforcement of Food Traceability Rule by 30 Months
The FDA will delay the enforcement date of its 2022 food traceability regulations by 30 months to give industry more time to implement the new requirements, the agency said March 20.
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The delay is needed to “ensure complete coordination across the supply chain,” the FDA said. The 2022 final rule requires entities that manufacture, process, pack or hold certain listed high-risk foods to provide their supply chain partners with specific data for certain tracking events (see 2211150064).
Compliance with the new regulations had been required by Jan. 20, 2026.
However, “even those few entities who are well positioned to meet the final rule’s requirements by January 2026 have expressed concern about the timeline, in part because of their reliance on receiving accurate data from their supply chain partners, who are not similarly situated,” the FDA said.
The 30-month extension would presumably mean compliance would now be required by July 2028, though the agency said it still needs to formally extend the compliance via a notice in the Federal Register.