SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD. 
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 301, by inserting at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(jj) The failure to comply with any requirement of 
section 414A (relating to the traceability of food).’’; and 
(2) in chapter IV, by inserting after section 414 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 414A. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall establish a traceability system described in 
subsection (b) for all stages of manufacturing, processing, 
packaging, and distribution of food. 
‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION
OF SYSTEM.—The traceability 
system required by subsection (a) shall require each article 
of food shipped in interstate commerce to be identified in 
a manner that enables the Secretary to retrieve the his-
tory, use, and location of the article through a record-
keeping and audit system or registered identification. 
‘‘(c) RECORDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 
that each person, firm, and corporation required to 
identify an article of food pursuant to subsection (b) 
maintain accurate records, as prescribed by the Sec-
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retary, regarding the purchase, sale, and identifica-
tion of the article. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—Each person, firm, and corpora-
tion described in paragraph (1) shall, at all reason-
able times, on notice by a duly authorized represent-
ative of the Secretary, allow the representative to ac-
cess to each place of business of the person, firm, or 
corporation to examine and copy the records de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—Each person, firm, and cor-
poration described in paragraph (1) shall maintain 
records required to be maintained under this sub-
section for such period of time as the Secretary pre-
scribes. 
‘‘(d) FALSE INFORMATION.—No person, firm, or cor-
poration shall falsify or misrepresent to any other person, 
firm, or corporation, or to the Secretary, any information 
as to any location at which any article of food was held. 
‘‘(e) ALTERATION OR DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.— 
No person, firm, or corporation shall, without authoriza-
tion from the Secretary, alter, detach, or destroy any 
records or other means of identification prescribed by the 
Secretary for use in determining the location at which any 
article of food was held.’’. 
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SEC. 3. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK. 
Title I of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 25. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND MEAT 
PRODUCTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF TRACEABILITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘traceability’ means the ability to retrieve 
the history, use, and location of an article through a rec-
ordkeeping and audit system or registered identification. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, 
and horses, mules, and other equines presented for 
slaughter for human food purposes, and the car-
casses or parts of carcasses and the meat and meat 
food products of those animals, shipped in interstate 
commerce shall be identified in a manner that en-
ables the Secretary to trace— 
‘‘(A) each animal to any premises or other 
location at which the animal was held at any 
time before slaughter; and 
‘‘(B) each carcass or part of a carcass and 
meat and meat food product of such animals 
forward from slaughter through processing and 
distribution to the ultimate consumer. 
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‘‘(2) TRACEABILITY SYSTEM.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall establish a traceability system for 
all stages of production, processing, and distribution 
of meat and meat food products that are produced 
through the slaughter of animals described in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OR RESTRICTION ON ENTRY.— 
The Secretary may prohibit or restrict entry into any 
slaughtering establishment inspected under this Act of any 
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses, mules, or other 
equines not identified as prescribed by the Secretary under 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) RECORDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 
that each person, firm, and corporation required to 
identify livestock pursuant to subsection (b) main-
tain accurate records, as prescribed by the Sec-
retary, regarding the purchase, sale, and identifica-
tion of the livestock. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—Each person, firm, and corpora-
tion described in paragraph (1) shall, at all reason-
able times, on notice by a duly authorized represent-
ative of the Secretary, allow the representative to ac-
cess to each place of business of the person, firm, or 
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corporation to examine and copy the records de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—Each person, firm, and cor-
poration described in paragraph (1) shall maintain 
records required to be maintained under this sub-
section for such period of time as the Secretary pre-
scribes. 
‘‘(e) FALSE INFORMATION.—No person, firm, or cor-
poration shall falsify or misrepresent to any other person, 
firm, or corporation, or to the Secretary, any information 
as to any premises at which any cattle, sheep, swine, 
goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or carcasses there-
of, were held. 
‘‘(f) ALTERATION OR DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.— 
No person, firm, or corporation shall, without authoriza-
tion from the Secretary, alter, detach, or destroy any 
records or other means of identification prescribed by the 
Secretary for use in determining the premises at which 
were held any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, 
or other equines, or the carcasses thereof. 
‘‘(g) RELATION TO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABEL-
ING.—Nothing contained in this section prevents or inter-
feres with implementation of the country of origin labeling 
requirements of subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.).’’. 
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