What records must I keep and provide when I ship a food on the Food Traceability List?
21 C.F.R. § 1.1340
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) For each traceability lot of a food on the Food Traceability List you ship, you must maintain records containing the following information and linking this information to the traceability lot:
(1) The traceability lot code for the food;
(2) The quantity and unit of measure of the food (e.g., 6 cases, 25 reusable plastic containers, 100 tanks, 200 pounds);
(3) The product description for the food;
(4) The location description for the immediate subsequent recipient (other than a transporter) of the food;
(5) The location description for the location from which you shipped the food;
(6) The date you shipped the food;
(7) The location description for the traceability lot code source, or the traceability lot code source reference; and
(8) The reference document type and reference document number.
(b) You must provide (in electronic, paper, or other written form) the information in paragraphs (a)(1) through (7) of this section to the immediate subsequent recipient (other than a transporter) of each traceability lot that you ship.
(c) This section does not apply to the shipment of a food that occurs before the food is initially packed (if the food is a raw agricultural commodity not obtained from a fishing vessel).
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-21.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026