FDA food-traceability meeting: speaker registration closes October 26
US food businesses and other stakeholders who want to speak at the FDA’s November 6 virtual food-traceability meeting must register by October 26. General attendance registration remains open through November 5. The deadline is an opportunity to request an oral presentation, not a new compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule.
News date: 2026-10-26 · Checked: 2026-10-26 (Asia/Bangkok)
US food businesses and other stakeholders who want to speak at the FDA’s November 6 virtual food-traceability meeting must register by October 26. General attendance registration remains open through November 5. The deadline is an opportunity to request an oral presentation, not a new compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule.
Three key points
- Speaker registration closes October 26; general registration closes November 5.
- The November 6 meeting is virtual, free and requires registration.
- FDA will discuss lot-level tracking challenges and possible compliance flexibilities.
Separate the three ways to participate
FDA’s meeting page and its October 9 Federal Register notice give the same speaker-registration deadline. Same-day registration is not permitted. Those seeking an oral presentation should indicate that request through the registration process described by the agency.
Oral presentations will not accommodate slides or other visuals, and commercial promotional material is not permitted. A request to speak does not guarantee a particular presentation slot; FDA says it will allocate time after speaker registration closes.
A discussion about implementation
The meeting concerns practical challenges in tracking food at lot level across supply chains. That matters to farms, restaurants, retailers and warehouses affected by the rule, whose operational circumstances can differ.
Written comments have a separate December 6 deadline under the notice. The meeting page and notice show different end times, so this article does not supply an unverified closing time; attendees should use the joining instructions issued after registration.
