Small Farmers Being Weighed Down by Food Traceability Rule, New Paper Finds

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Traceability Rule requires producers and distributors of perishable foods to submit electronic data records during a contamination outbreak.

However, a new paper by a Georgia Tech-led research team suggests that the requirements can disproportionately burden family farms and other small food producers due to a lack of technological infrastructure, resources, or compliance expertise.