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8 Leading Organizations Form Collaboration To Tackle Food Industry’s FSMA Rule 204 Challenges

September 16, 2024 The Food Industry Association (FMI)

Recognizing the imperative for a collective response, the Collaboration is founded on core principles, including operational effectiveness through collaboration, traceability for enhanced food safety, standardized data collection, and widespread training and education initiatives. The Collaboration prioritizes the enhancement of awareness and understanding of emerging traceability technologies to help ensure the safety and integrity of the food supply chain. Through united efforts, the Collaboration promotes acceleration of industry-wide compliance with FSMA Rule 204.  …

GS1 US Releases Suite of Resources To Help Food Industry Address U.S. FDA Requirements

March 18, 2024 GS1 US

GS1 US has published a new suite of resources to help companies address the requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act Traceability Rule (FSMA Rule 204). The documents are designed to help trading partners understand how they can use GS1 Standards to meet the stringent recordkeeping requirements for “high-risk” foods. …

Foodservice Industries Develop New GS1 US Implementation Guidance on the Use of RFID to Deliver Product Traceability

July 6, 2023 GS1 US

GS1 US has published two new guidelines to assist U.S. healthcare and foodservice industries in using radio frequency identification (RFID) to improve supply chain visibility, efficiency and consumer safety. …

Food Industry Addresses U.S. FDA Requirements for Additional Traceability Records With New Guidance

March 10, 2023 GS1 US

GS1 US® has published a new guideline to help the food industry leverage GS1 Standards to help address the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Food Traceability Final Rule, which requires additional traceability records for certain foods under Section 204 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). …

Seafood Industry Traceability Pilot Confirms That Standards Are Key to Supply Chain Interoperability

June 28, 2021 GS1 US 

A recent seafood industry traceability pilot study has confirmed that standards are essential to helping trading partners seamlessly exchange supply chain data across technology platforms, improving end-to-end visibility. …