FDA FSMA 204
Food Safety Modernization Act & Recall Readiness

FSMA 204, enacted in January 2023, requires total
traceability to vessels or farms using the same traceability lot codes. Another requirement is being able to produce a sortable electronic spreadsheet within 24 hours.

Starting now to build your traceability plan is essential. You must be ready—public health depends on it.

Trust TR5 for the solution.

FSMA 204 & Recall Readiness

To protect public health

If you don’t comply

  • Risk to people’s health and even death
  • Lost customer and consumer confidence resulting in lost sales and severe brand damage
  • Lawsuits and litigation – criminal and civil
  • Higher insurance rates and the potential to lose coverage
  • Multi-million-dollar impacts including compliance penalties, and lost sales

TR5 Solutions & Benefits

  • Links single lot number throughout
  • Easy to create on-demand digital documents
  • Sortable electronic spreadsheets and dashboards to monitor FSMA compliance (coming)
  • Less public health risk
  • Faster, lower volume, lower cost recalls
  • Mitigate brand damage
  • Proactive compliance with FDA requirements

Planning for FSMA 204

User Story:
A Trace Register customer in the gulf of Mexico is fishing, buying, and processing wild-caught gulf shrimp (pink/white/brown). They operate as the first receiver, processor, and distributor. They need a solution for their current buyer requirements and a solid plan to address upcoming FDA FMSA 204 rules.

  • Currently, they have records in many places and are missing some of the KDEs they will need for FSMA 204.
  • They need a working plan to comply with FSMA 204.
  • The company doesn’t have a lot of extra bandwidth to do additional record-keeping and needs time-saving solutions while also managing complex regulatory and buyer requirements.

Threats of Not Complying with FSMA 204

  • Risk to people’s health & even death
  • Time-consuming, high-cost recalls
  • Denial of entry into U.S. commerce
  • Compliance penalties
  • Severe brand damage
  • Advisory action letters
  • Criminal or civil action in Federal Court
  • Lost customer & consumer confidence
  • Lost sales
  • Lawsuits & litigation
  • Higher insurance rates
  • Lost insurance coverage
  • Multi-million dollar impacts

TR5 Solutions and Benefits

  • With TR5, this company can make solid claims about their traceability to current and potential buyers
  • TR5 enables them to look for potential threats before they happen proactively
  • They can minimize risk and potential threats to the consumer and their brand

The TR5 Difference

  • TR5 provides a way for them to build their individual FSMA 204 plan and to gather/store/organize all of the required documentation in the form(s) required by the FDA
  • TR5 will allow them to pull all required KDEs and traceability information within minutes in a sortable digital document (coming soon)
  • Because TR5 can be used to model any complexities in the supply chain, it can simplify the record-keeping process and provide time-saving efficiency, even as more KDEs are collected
  • Better traceability is the result

TR5 is your plan for FSMA 204

Don’t just react to recalls, be proactive with TR5

Minimize risk to customers, consumers, and your brand

Save time while managing complex requirements

TR5 is the time-saving solution to manage complex regulatory and buyer requirements

Address threats before they happen

Pull KDEs and traceability info in minutes

Simplify your record-keeping process even as more KDEs are added

Learn More About TR5,
FSMA 204, & Recall Readiness