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Module 5 of the free Food Safety Academy 2026 webinar series: the technology options for FDA's Food Traceability Rule (FSMA 204), from simple spreadsheets to dedicated software, and how to choose what's right for your operation. This webinar has already aired; watch the full recording on this page.
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Register FreeRecorded live on September 16, 2026 and presented by Harmeet Kaur, Director of Training & Consulting Services at Kiwa ASI. Running time: 49 minutes. Free to watch, no registration needed.
FDA's Food Traceability Rule (FSMA 204) requires detailed traceability records for foods on the Food Traceability List, and FDA won't enforce it before July 20, 2028. This session cut through the technology confusion, from simple spreadsheets to blockchain, to help attendees understand their options and choose what's right for their operation.
Module 5 aired live on September 16, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT. Watch the 49-minute recording at the top of this page. The series continues with Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep, on December 2, 2026. Register free.
Held September 16, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT.
Food Safety Academy 2026, a free series on SQF Edition 10, supplier management and compliance.
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For teams choosing how to capture and share traceability records before 2028.
Nine steps from the rule's requirements to a traceability system that works.
Key Data Elements (KDEs), Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) and compliance deadlines.
Spreadsheets, databases, ERP modules, specialized software, blockchain and emerging solutions.
Cost, complexity, scalability and integration considerations.
What features matter most, and what's just marketing hype.
Phased rollout vs. big bang, pilot testing and change management.
Barcodes, QR codes, RFID, IoT sensors and manual entry.
Connecting traceability with inventory, production and shipping systems.
Questions to ask, demos to request and red flags to watch for.
How traceability improves recall response, reduces waste and enhances supply chain visibility.
The Food Traceability Rule (21 CFR Part 1, Subpart S) sets the records your system has to produce, whatever technology you choose.
The original compliance date was January 20, 2026. Congress has since directed FDA not to enforce the rule before July 20, 2028, and FDA has said it will follow that directive.
The rule covers listed foods, such as fresh leafy greens, shell eggs, cheeses other than hard cheeses and finfish, and foods that contain them in their listed form.
Harvesting, cooling, initial packing, first land-based receiving of seafood, shipping, receiving and transformation.
The data you record for each CTE, such as the traceability lot code, quantity, product description, locations and dates.
Assigned at initial packing, first land-based receiving or transformation, then passed along the supply chain.
How you keep records, identify listed foods and assign lot codes, plus a point of contact.
Records to FDA within 24 hours of a request; in an outbreak or recall, as an electronic sortable spreadsheet.
Source: 21 CFR Part 1, Subpart S and FDA's Food Traceability List.
The rule doesn't require any particular technology. Records can be paper or electronic, but when FDA asks for an electronic sortable spreadsheet within 24 hours, your system has to be able to produce one. These are the main options the webinar compared.
Quick to start and low cost. Manual entry gets harder to keep accurate as products, lots and trading partners grow.
Build traceability into the inventory and production systems you may already run, so KDEs are captured as part of normal work.
Purpose-built around CTEs and KDEs, with features such as trading-partner data exchange and report exports.
Shared, tamper-evident records across trading partners. Worth evaluating, but not required by the rule.
Data capture methods covered: barcodes, QR codes, RFID, IoT sensors and manual entry.
Anyone responsible for traceability compliance or technology decisions.
The people who coordinate traceability data with suppliers and customers.
Leaders who choose, integrate and support the systems that hold traceability records.
The team that owns the traceability plan and FDA's 24-hour records requests.
Managers whose receiving, production and shipping steps generate the KDEs.
Anyone responsible for traceability compliance or technology decisions.
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Technology options for FDA's Food Traceability Rule (FSMA 204).
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The technology options for FSMA 204 compliance: a refresher on KDEs and CTEs, the options from spreadsheets to dedicated software and blockchain, the pros and cons of each, software selection criteria, implementation strategies, data capture methods, system integration, vendor evaluation and the return on traceability beyond compliance.
September 16, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT, live online. It was Module 5 of the free Food Safety Academy 2026 webinar series.
Yes. Watch the full 49-minute recording at the top of this page. It's free, and no registration is needed.
Harmeet Kaur, Director of Training & Consulting Services at Kiwa ASI.
Yes. Every webinar in the Food Safety Academy 2026 series is free to attend.
The original compliance date was January 20, 2026. Congress has since directed FDA not to enforce the Food Traceability Rule before July 20, 2028, and FDA has said it will follow that directive.
No. The rule doesn't require any particular technology, and records can be paper or electronic. But when FDA is responding to an outbreak, a recall or another threat to public health, most covered entities must provide the requested information as an electronic sortable spreadsheet within 24 hours, so your system has to be able to produce one. See the technology options.
Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) are the supply-chain events that trigger recordkeeping: harvesting, cooling, initial packing, first land-based receiving of seafood, shipping, receiving and transformation. Key Data Elements (KDEs) are the information you record for each event, such as the traceability lot code, quantity, product description, locations and dates. See what FSMA 204 requires.
Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep: What Auditors Will Be Looking For in 2027, on December 2, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT. Register on the Module 6 page.
Yes. Kiwa ASI teaches the FSPCA Food Traceability Rule participant course live online; the next class is November 2–3, 2026. Email US.Info@kiwa-asi.com or call 1 (800) 477-0778 to ask about private training for your team.
Register free for Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep, on December 2, 2026, or ask about private FSMA 204 training for your team.
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