FDA Releases Discussion Paper Ahead of Traceability Public Meeting in June
On May 27, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a
discussion paper
to promote deeper and more productive engagements with stakeholders on potential flexibilities regarding the lot-level tracking requirements in the final rule,
"Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods”
(Food Traceability Rule). The discussion paper includes information and questions to help inform FDA’s engagements with stakeholders, including the upcoming virtual FDA-led
public meeting
on June 15, 2026. In addition to the public meeting, the FDA wants to provide all stakeholders with an opportunity to actively engage with the agency on this topic. Therefore, all interested parties are encouraged to submit feedback on the discussion paper to
https://www.regulations.gov,
Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0053. The deadline for feedback is July 15, 2026. Read more
here.