# 2026-11760: FDA Seeks Renewal of Food Traceability Records

2026-11760, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Establishment, Maintenance, and Availability of Records; Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Food and Drug Administration published 2026-06-11, effective Submit written comments (including recommendations) on the collection of information by July 13, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-18).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-11760
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Establishment, Maintenance, and Availability of Records; Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 35486
- Published: 2026-06-11
- Effective: Submit written comments (including recommendations) on the collection of information by July 13, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-07-13
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-18

## In one line

FDA Seeks Renewal of Food Traceability Records

## Summary

The FDA is asking for approval to collect extra records from food businesses that handle certain high-risk foods. This helps track food sources quickly to keep everyone safe. Food companies should get ready to keep and share these new records, and comments on this plan are due by July 13, 2026.

## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mandatory Food Traceability Recordkeeping: cost, high. If you are a food business that manufactures, processes, packs, holds, receives, distributes, transports, or imports food in the United States, you must establish and maintain records identifying the immediate previous sources and immediate subsequent recipients of food under 21 CFR part 1, subpart…
- Extra Records for High‑Risk Foods (FTL): cost, high. If your business handles foods FDA has listed on the Food Traceability List (FTL), you must keep additional records linking traceability lot codes and data for critical tracking events (harvest, packing, receiving, shipping, transforming) as specified in 21 CFR part 1, subpart S.
- Large Estimated Compliance Burden Hours: cost, high. FDA estimates the annual recordkeeping burden at 23,071,935 hours and total annual records at 2,981,605,187 across activities covered by 21 CFR part 1, subparts J and S; the agency reports no capital or operating and maintenance costs for this collection.
- Record Retention Requirement: 2 Years: cost, low. Records required under 21 CFR part 1, subpart S must be maintained for 2 years from the date they were created or obtained.
- Small‑Business Relief, Exemptions, and Waivers: benefit, low. Although there is no statutory exception for small businesses, the regulations provide exemptions and partial exemptions (Secs. 1.327 and 1.1305), and businesses may request modified requirements or exemptions via citizen petition (Sec. 1.1370) or request waivers for economic hardship under Secs. 1…
- Public‑Health Benefit from Faster Tracebacks: benefit, medium. These traceability record requirements help FDA more rapidly identify sources and recipients of contaminated foods, enabling faster removals from the market and reducing harm from foodborne illness or credible threats of serious adverse health consequences or death.
- Existing Records May Satisfy Requirements: benefit, low. FDA states that existing records may be used to meet the requirements if they contain all required information and are retained for the required time period.

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## Sources
- [2026-11760 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11760/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-review)
- [2026-11760 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11760.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11760 (as of 2026-06-18).