Product Batch & Traceability Record

The FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) Section 204 Food Traceability Rule (21 CFR Part 1, Subpart S) is a binding federal regulation that requires facilities handling foods on the Food Traceability List (FTL) to record specific Key Data Elements at each Critical Tracking Event, including transformation: linking the input lot codes that went into a batch to the output lot code that comes out, with product description, dates, and quantities. The compliance date, originally January 20, 2026, was extended by the FDA to July 20, 2028. Even outside the FTL, two other binding federal rules apply more broadly: the Bioterrorism Act's one-up/one-back rule (21 CFR 1.337) and the general recordkeeping requirements in 21 CFR 117. Together they mean most food producers need some form of batch and lot documentation, ready to produce on request during a traceback or recall.

This record covers 30 checkpoints across 5 sections: batch identification, raw-ingredient lot tracking (five structured lot slots plus an overflow field for longer recipes), process parameters, finished yield and best-by date, and release sign-off. Scoring is off since most fields are identifiers and quantities, not grades, though the process-spec, label, and allergen checks still flag red if they fail. It is built for the production manager or owner filling it out per batch, in 5 to 10 minutes. It does not cover CCP (Critical Control Point) monitoring itself. A single peak-temperature field here is informational only. That is what haccp-ccp-monitoring is for.