GCCA Joins Food Industry Partners in Letter on Food Traceability Rule

On May 18^th, GCCA joined food industry partners in sending a letter to the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee expressing concerns about FDA’s Food Traceability Rule.  The letter highlights the complexity and burdens of the regulation and the potential impacts to industry including greater costs, complexities, and potential delays in our food supply chain. Due to these issues and concerns surrounding the final Food Traceability Rule, the groups respectfully request the Subcommittee include bill and report language in the FY `24 Agriculture Appropriations bill to require FDA to take additional actions and steps before implementing or enforcing compliance with the final rule. The letter further urges Congress to require FDA to help identify what technologies can feasibly be used by industry to meet the requirements of the rule, and to develop a complete list of the thousands of products they intend to be traced.  The full House Appropriations Committee is expected to consider the FY 24 Agriculture Appropriations Bill during the week of May 22^nd.