G/SPS/N/USA/3203/Add.2  
 
23 November 2022  
(22-8700) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 22 November 2022, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods; Final Rule  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule establishing 
additional recordkeeping requirements for persons who manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods 
the Agency has designated for inclusion on the Food Traceability List (FTL). The final rule adopts 
provisions requiring these entities to maintain records containing information on critical tracking 
events in the supply chain for these designated foods, such as initially  packing, shipping, receiving, 
and transforming these foods. The requirements established in the final rule will help the Agency 
rapidly and effectively identify recipients of foods to prevent or mitigate foodborne illness outbreaks 
and address credible th reats of serious adverse health consequences or death resulting from foods 
being adulterated or misbranded. We are issuing this regulation in accordance with the FDA Food 
Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-11-21/pdf/2022 -24417.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/S PS/USA/22_7958_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period  provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National En quiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to 
https://www.regulations.gov  and insert the dock et number, found in brackets in the heading of this G/SPS/N/USA/3203/Add.2  
 
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  final rule, into the "Search" box and follow the prompts, and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff 
(HFA–305), 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, +(240) 402 7500.  
For further information co ntact: Katherine Vierk, Office of Analytics and Outreach, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 
20740, +(240) 402 2122, Katherine.Vie rk@fda.hhs.gov . 
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Text can be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 87, No. 223, page 70910 or on th e internet at 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-11-21/pdf/2022 -24417.pdf . 
 
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