First-of-Its-Kind Insurance Incentive for Seafood Traceability Launches

October 30, 2024 Trace Register

The partnership leverages the expertise of Foa & Son to provide Trace Register seafood customers with a unique incentive for Product Contamination & Recall Insurance.

Save A Lot Rolls Out Automated Solution for FSMA 204 Food Traceability

October 3, 2024 Save A Lot

The advancement marks a significant step forward in Save A Lot’s ongoing commitment to delivering the highest standards of food safety and transparency for its Retail Partners. RTN will enable Save A Lot suppliers to easily transmit FDA-required traceability data for every impacted lot code, every time a shipment is sent to one of Save A Lot’s eight distribution centers.

Industry Experts Guide Produce Distributors on FSMA 204 Compliance

The complexities of FSMA 204(d) prompted the session to concentrate on distributors, who are scrambling to both try to understand the nuances of the Food Traceability Final Rule and implement their systems properly in time to meet the January 2026 deadline from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA isn’t expected to start conducting routine enforcement until 2027, though both Jennifer McEntire, Ph.D., founder of Food Safety Strategy, and Dave Donat, principal at DRD Produce Consulting, urged distributors to be ready by the starting date.

Produce Distributors Association to Host Webinar on FSMA 204 Compliance

This critical session, being hosted by PDA online on Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to noon EST, will feature robust discussions on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA 204), also known as the Food Traceability Rule. Enacted in January 2023, it is one of the top priorities facing fresh produce companies. They now have less than one-and-a-half years to implement solutions and meet the new compliance standards across their supply chains. 

Get FSMA 204 Ready with Famous Software

August 15, 2024 Famous Software

Although the compliance deadline is not until January 20, 2026, many enterprises in the fresh produce industry are working diligently to prepare for the application of FSMA 204.