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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 7563 (Introduced in House) — To strengthen compliance with the FDA Food Traceability Rule, to enhance the FDA foodborne illness outbreak investiga... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Pilot projects on food tracing

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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall conduct at least 9 pilot projects, in coordination with food industry members operating restaurants, retail food establishments, and warehouses distributing to retail food establishments and restaurants, to— measure the effectiveness of foodborne illness outbreak investigations conducted without the use of traceability lot code information; and identify and evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of low-cost food tracing technologies.
In conducting the pilot projects required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall— conduct— at least 3 pilot projects in coordination with restaurants; at least 3 pilot projects in coordination with retail food establishments; and at least 3 pilot projects in coordination with warehouses distributing to retail food establishments and restaurants; and ensure that each pilot project uses at least 1 commodity— included in the Food Traceability List published by the Food and Drug Administration on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 70916); and not used in another such pilot project.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the pilot projects required by subsection (a), including— recommendations to minimize disruptions across the food supply chain; recommendations to ensure product availability and diversity are not negatively impacted; recommendations to reduce the compliance burden for small businesses covered by the final rule titled Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods , published on November 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 70910); a list of low-cost food tracing technologies that are commercially available and an evaluation of the effectiveness of each technology; and a list of all revisions that, as a result of such pilot projects, will be made to such final rule.
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