This final regulation implements section 306 of the Bioterrorism Act and covers records that identify the immediate previous source of all food received as well as the immediate subsequent recipient of all food released.
"These records will be crucial for FDA to deal effectively with food-related emergencies, such as deliberate contamination of food by terrorists," said Dr. Lester M. Crawford, acting FDA commissioner. The records enable FDA to trace forward to remove adulterated foods that pose a significant health threat in the food supply, Crawford stated.