{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-1.1345","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 1.1345","heading":"What records must I keep when I receive a food on the Food Traceability List?","body":"(a) Except as specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, for each traceability lot of a food on the Food Traceability List you receive, you must maintain records containing the following information and linking this information to the traceability lot:\n(1) The traceability lot code for the food;\n(2) The quantity and unit of measure of the food (e.g., 6 cases, 25 reusable plastic containers, 100 tanks, 200 pounds);\n(3) The product description for the food;\n(4) The location description for the immediate previous source (other than a transporter) for the food;\n(5) The location description for where the food was received;\n(6) The date you received the food;\n(7) The location description for the traceability lot code source, or the traceability lot code source reference; and\n(8) The reference document type and reference document number.\n(b) For each traceability lot of a food on the Food Traceability List you receive from a person to whom this subpart does not apply, you must maintain records containing the following information and linking this information to the traceability lot:\n(1) The traceability lot code for the food, which you must assign if one has not already been assigned (except that this paragraph does not apply if you are a retail food establishment or restaurant);\n(2) The quantity and unit of measure of the food (e.g., 6 cases, 25 reusable plastic containers, 100 tanks, 200 pounds);\n(3) The product description for the food;\n(4) The location description for the immediate previous source (other than a transporter) for the food;\n(5) The location description for where the food was received (i.e., the traceability lot code source), and (if applicable) the traceability lot code source reference;\n(6) The date you received the food; and\n(7) The reference document type and reference document number.\n(c) This section does not apply to receipt of a food that occurs before the food is initially packed (if the food is a raw agricultural commodity not obtained from a fishing vessel) or to the receipt of a food by the first land-based receiver (if the food is obtained from a fishing vessel).","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—GENERAL ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS","Subpart S—Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-21.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:47Z","sha256":"fae93caaeff325a6d0201abec7e4dd61190fed29ad2cc10b37cafe8c63e40a05","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-1.1340","next":"us/21-cfr-1.1350"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}