On March 20, 2025, the FDA announced its intention to extend the compliance date for the Food traceability rule (the "final rule") by 30 months. The FDA intends to extend the compliance date using appropriate procedures at a later time, including publishing a proposed rule in the Federal Register. The compliance date extension does not amend the requirements of the final rule, which will improve food safety and protect public health. Instead, the compliance date extension affords covered entities the additional time necessary to ensure complete coordination across the supply chain in order to implement the final rule's requirements fully. The final rule requires a higher degree of coordination between members of the food industry than has been required in the past. Therefore, to achieve the full public health benefits of the final rule, all covered entities must comply. Even those few entities who are well positioned to meet the final rule's requirements by January 2026 have expressed concern about the timeline, in part because they relied on receiving accurate data from their supply chain partners, who are not similarly situated. @ https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-intends-extend-compliance-date-food-traceability-rule?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
