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Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods: Enforcement Policy for Certain Retail Food Establishments and Restaurants; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability

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Summary (from the Federal Register abstract)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or the Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry titled "Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods: Enforcement Policy for Certain Retail Food Establishments and Restaurants." The draft guidance states that, at this time and based on our current understanding of the risks, FDA does not intend to enforce certain regulatory requirements as they apply to certain entities and/or activities. The applicable requirements are established in our regulation titled "Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods."

Document type
Proposed Rule
Federal Register document number
2026-20721
Published
Oct 9, 2026
Action
Notification of availability.
Docket
FDA-2025-D-6952
Comments posted on Regulations.gov (at last check)
0
CFR parts
21 CFR 1
DATES section (from the document)
Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by November 23, 2026 to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance.
Topics (auto-tagged)
Food & dietary supplements

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