Follow the food. Preserve the record.
Source-backed reporting and analysis connected to the companies, capabilities, authorities, and operating domains it affects.
The August 2025 proposal sought 30 additional months for coordination across the food chain and explicitly said the agency did not intend to amend the final rule's requirements.
The updated system-verification procedure gives Canadian operators a clear reason to link receiving, storage, complaints, control, and traceability evidence without collapsing the requirements.
EPCIS can be a powerful exchange option, but FDA says it is not required for compliance or for submitting traceability data to the agency.
GS1's current standard supports sensor, certification, and measured-concentration context, raising stronger questions about units, source quality, and the boundary between an event and a safety conclusion.
CFIA's current guidance combines one-step records with two-year retention, Canadian accessibility, language, and file-production expectations that global teams must model explicitly.
