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Introduction
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This electronic sortable spreadsheet template can be used to fulfill data submission requests for FDA in accordance with the Food Traceability Rule as outlined in 21 CFR Part 1 Subpart S. This template is presented for illustrative purposes. You are not required to use this specific electronic sortable spreadsheet template to comply with the rule.

Each tab represents a critical tracking event (CTE) and contains all of the corresponding key data elements (KDEs) for that CTE. Within each tab, each column header represents a required KDE and has a hyperlink to the corresponding provision for your reference. You can also refer to 21 CFR 1.1310 for any definitions related to the rule. For convenience, the definitions are listed on an accompanying tab with hyperlinks to the corresponding provisions. The template includes a tab for each CTE listed in the Food Traceability Rule, but you do not have to complete every tab when fulfilling a data request for FDA. The relevant tab(s) should be completed based on the CTE(s) you perform related to the data request provided by FDA.

Some of the KDEs within the rule contain multiple pieces of data. Within this template, all of these KDEs have been separated into multiple columns. For example, the location description KDE spans multiple columns to individually capture all of the information required under that KDE. Refer to 21 CFR 1.1310 for the definitions for location description and product description, which detail the multiple pieces of data for each.
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