The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is stepping up traceability recordkeeping requirements for suppliers of seafood and other fresh foods via the issuance of a new final rule.
The rule is designed to reduce contaminated food through the food supply, whether sourced in the U.S. or abroad.
“FDA will be able to more rapidly and effectively identify the origin and route of travel of certain contaminated foods to prevent or mitigate foodborne illness outbreaks, address credible threats of serious adverse health consequences or death, and minimize overly broad advisories or recalls that implicate unaffected food products,” the agency said in a press release…