I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7563 
To strengthen compliance with the FDA Food Traceability Rule, to enhance 
the FDA foodborne illness outbreak investigation process, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2024 
Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, and 
Mr. PANETTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To strengthen compliance with the FDA Food Traceability 
Rule, to enhance the FDA foodborne illness outbreak 
investigation process, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Food Traceability En-
hancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EASING RECORDKEEPING AND TRACEABILITY LOT 
CODE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 204(d) of the FDA Food Safety Moderniza-
tion Act (21 U.S.C. 2223(d)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘not more 
than 2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 1 year’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(J) TRACEABILITY LOT CODES AT RETAIL 
FOOD
ESTABLISHMENTS, RESTAURANTS, AND 
WAREHOUSES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The requirements 
under this subsection shall not require res-
taurants, retail food establishments, and 
warehouses to maintain traceability lot 
code information or provide traceability lot 
code information to the Secretary or other 
entities in the supply chain. 
‘‘(ii) WAREHOUSE DEFINED.—In this 
subparagraph, the term ‘warehouse’ means 
any facility primarily engaged in the stor-
age of food to be shipped to retail food es-
tablishments or restaurants.’’. 
SEC. 3. PILOT PROJECTS ON FOOD TRACING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall conduct at least 9 pilot projects, in coordi-
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nation with food industry members operating restaurants, 
retail food establishments, and warehouses distributing to 
retail food establishments and restaurants, to— 
(1) measure the effectiveness of foodborne ill-
ness outbreak investigations conducted without the 
use of traceability lot code information; and 
(2) identify and evaluate the feasibility and ef-
fectiveness of low-cost food tracing technologies. 
(b) DIVERSITY.—In conducting the pilot projects re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct— 
(A) at least 3 pilot projects in coordination 
with restaurants; 
(B) at least 3 pilot projects in coordination 
with retail food establishments; and 
(C) at least 3 pilot projects in coordination 
with warehouses distributing to retail food es-
tablishments and restaurants; and 
(2) ensure that each pilot project uses at least 
1 commodity— 
(A) included in the Food Traceability List 
published by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 
70916); and 
(B) not used in another such pilot project. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report on the findings of the pilot projects 
required by subsection (a), including— 
(1) recommendations to minimize disruptions 
across the food supply chain; 
(2) recommendations to ensure product avail-
ability and diversity are not negatively impacted; 
(3) recommendations to reduce the compliance 
burden for small businesses covered by the final rule 
titled ‘‘Requirements for Additional Traceability 
Records for Certain Foods’’, published on November 
21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 70910); 
(4) a list of low-cost food tracing technologies 
that are commercially available and an evaluation of 
the effectiveness of each technology; and 
(5) a list of all revisions that, as a result of 
such pilot projects, will be made to such final rule. 
SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE DATE OF FINAL RULE ON FOOD 
TRACEABILITY. 
The compliance date for the final rule titled ‘‘Re-
quirements for Additional Traceability Records for Cer-
tain Foods’’, published on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. 
Reg. 70910), or any other rule promulgated in accordance 
with section 204 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization 
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