THE food bill, HR2749 has completed it's review and markups in committee and will be headed to the house floor soon for a vote. FoodTRACE was easily fully compliant with the bill BEFORE the markups and the reduction of restrictions that were in the original draft --- so now the FoodTRACE program EXCEEDS all aspects of the bill as it is currently written. Companies will be able to be in compliance through FoodTRACE at the minimal monthly price level indicated in our program which you can see on http://www.usfoodtrace.com/, under US FoodTRACE program. Basically the parameters are that any company with sales OVER $100 MILLION annually will pay the maximum amount of $1,000/month....and companies UNDER $5 MILLION annually will pay the lowest amount, $100/month. No extras, no additional charges, nothing..... VERY affordable for all size companies with NO intrusion into your systems --- No software to buy...No hardware to buy... No numbers to buy....No additional personnel needed...No data syncronization to buy....No additional annual fees....No set up fees...plain and simple pricing for the most effective traceability option available.
Read the bill ---- It DOES affect every company in the United States. The MAJOR focus of the traceability area has been highlighted in red.
SEC. 107. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.
(a) Prohibited Act- Section 301(e) (21 U.S.C. 331(e)) is amended by inserting ‘, the violation of any requirement of the food tracing system under section 414(c);’ before ‘or the refusal to permit access to or verification or copying of any such required record’.
(b) Imports- Section 801(a) (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended by inserting ‘or (4) the requirements of section 414 have not been complied with regarding such article,’ before ‘then such article shall be refused admission’.
(c) Product Tracing for Food- Section 414 (21 U.S.C. 350c), as amended by section 106, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
‘(c) Tracing System for Food-
‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall by regulation establish a tracing system for food that is located in the United States or is for import into the United States. Such regulations shall require each person who produces, manufactures, processes, packs, transports, or holds such food-- ‘(A) to maintain the full pedigree of the origin and previous distribution history of the food;
‘(B) to link that history with the subsequent distribution history of the food;
‘(C) to establish and maintain a system for tracing the food that is interoperable with the systems established and maintained by other such persons; and‘(D) to use a unique identifier for each facility owned or operated by such person for such purpose, as specified under section 911.
‘(2) INFORMATION GATHERING- ‘(A) TRACING TECHNOLOGIES- Before issuing a proposed regulation under this subsection, the Secretary shall--
‘(i) identify technologies for tracing the distribution history of a food that are, or may be, used by members of different sectors of the food industry; and
‘(ii) to the extent practicable, assess--
‘(I) the costs and benefits associated with the adoption and use of such technologies;
‘(II) the feasibility of such technologies for different sectors of the food industry; and
‘(III) whether such technologies are compatible with the requirements of this subsection.
‘(B) PUBLIC MEETINGS- Before issuing a proposed regulation under this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct not less than 2 public meetings in diverse geographical areas of the United States to provide persons in different regions an opportunity to provide input and information to the Secretary.‘(C) PILOT PROJECTS- The Secretary shall conduct 1 or more pilot projects in coordination with 1 or more sectors of the food industry to explore and evaluate tracing systems for food.
‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY- In establishing a tracing system for food, the Secretary shall require--
‘(A) the establishment and maintenance of such additional information, including lot numbers, as the Secretary deems appropriate;‘(B) a standardized format for pedigree information; and
‘(C) the use of a common nomenclature for food.
‘(4) EXEMPTIONS-
‘(A) DIRECT SALES BY FARMS- Food is exempt from the requirements of this subsection if such food is--
1‘(i) produced on a farm; and
‘(ii) sold by the owner, operator, or agent in charge of such farm directly to a consumer or restaurant.
‘(B) OTHER FOODS- The Secretary may by notice in the Federal Register exempt a food from the requirements of this subsection if the Secretary determines that a tracing system for such food is not necessary to protect the public health.
‘(C) PREVIOUS SOURCES AND SUBSEQUENT RECIPIENTS- For a food covered by an exemption under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall require each person who produces, manufactures, processes, packs, transports, or holds such food to maintain records to identify the immediate previous sources of such food and its ingredients and the immediate subsequent recipients of such food.
(a) Prohibited Act- Section 301(e) (21 U.S.C. 331(e)) is amended by inserting ‘, the violation of any requirement of the food tracing system under section 414(c);’ before ‘or the refusal to permit access to or verification or copying of any such required record’.
(b) Imports- Section 801(a) (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended by inserting ‘or (4) the requirements of section 414 have not been complied with regarding such article,’ before ‘then such article shall be refused admission’.
(c) Product Tracing for Food- Section 414 (21 U.S.C. 350c), as amended by section 106, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
‘(c) Tracing System for Food-
‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall by regulation establish a tracing system for food that is located in the United States or is for import into the United States. Such regulations shall require each person who produces, manufactures, processes, packs, transports, or holds such food-- ‘(A) to maintain the full pedigree of the origin and previous distribution history of the food;
‘(B) to link that history with the subsequent distribution history of the food;
‘(C) to establish and maintain a system for tracing the food that is interoperable with the systems established and maintained by other such persons; and‘(D) to use a unique identifier for each facility owned or operated by such person for such purpose, as specified under section 911.
‘(2) INFORMATION GATHERING- ‘(A) TRACING TECHNOLOGIES- Before issuing a proposed regulation under this subsection, the Secretary shall--
‘(i) identify technologies for tracing the distribution history of a food that are, or may be, used by members of different sectors of the food industry; and
‘(ii) to the extent practicable, assess--
‘(I) the costs and benefits associated with the adoption and use of such technologies;
‘(II) the feasibility of such technologies for different sectors of the food industry; and
‘(III) whether such technologies are compatible with the requirements of this subsection.
‘(B) PUBLIC MEETINGS- Before issuing a proposed regulation under this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct not less than 2 public meetings in diverse geographical areas of the United States to provide persons in different regions an opportunity to provide input and information to the Secretary.‘(C) PILOT PROJECTS- The Secretary shall conduct 1 or more pilot projects in coordination with 1 or more sectors of the food industry to explore and evaluate tracing systems for food.
‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY- In establishing a tracing system for food, the Secretary shall require--
‘(A) the establishment and maintenance of such additional information, including lot numbers, as the Secretary deems appropriate;‘(B) a standardized format for pedigree information; and
‘(C) the use of a common nomenclature for food.
‘(4) EXEMPTIONS-
‘(A) DIRECT SALES BY FARMS- Food is exempt from the requirements of this subsection if such food is--
1‘(i) produced on a farm; and
‘(ii) sold by the owner, operator, or agent in charge of such farm directly to a consumer or restaurant.
‘(B) OTHER FOODS- The Secretary may by notice in the Federal Register exempt a food from the requirements of this subsection if the Secretary determines that a tracing system for such food is not necessary to protect the public health.
‘(C) PREVIOUS SOURCES AND SUBSEQUENT RECIPIENTS- For a food covered by an exemption under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall require each person who produces, manufactures, processes, packs, transports, or holds such food to maintain records to identify the immediate previous sources of such food and its ingredients and the immediate subsequent recipients of such food.
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