Safe Food Coalition Opposes FDA’s Proposed 2.5 Year Delay of Food Traceability Rule

CFA and other members of the Safe Food Coalition submitted the following comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to reconsider a proposed two-and-a-half year delay in the implementation of an already finalized rule that standardizes recordkeeping requirements for the food industry. The so-called "traceability rule" would help to speed up outbreak investigations and recalls of contaminated foods. FDA had previously announced that food companies would have to comply by January 20, 2026, an already long overdue enactment of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which Congress passed with broad bipartisan support in 2010. As the letter explains, the proposed delay undermines investment made by companies across the food supply chain in anticipation of the rule, and encourages a small number of holdouts to continue their efforts to undermine confidence in the rule.