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

Small Farmers Being Weighed Down by Food Traceability Rule, New Paper Finds Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/13/2026 - 10:42 Dateline Tue, 10/13/2026 - 12:00 Mercury ID 693212 Summary Sentence A new paper by a Georgia Tech-led research team suggests that the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule can disproportionately burden family farms and other small food producers due to a lack of technological infrastructure, resources, or compliance expertise. Body The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Traceability Rule requires producers and distributors of perishable foods to submit electronic data reco