Farm-to-Fork Compliance Map
The laws that protect food and drink at every step from the farm to your fork.
Horizontal Supply Chain
Connectors
FSMA Section 204 Data Traceability
Trigger: handling any item on the FDA Food Traceability List (FTL)
Every entity must link Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) to Key Data Elements (KDEs)
using a shared alphanumeric Traceability Lot Code (TLC). One failed handoff breaks
compliance for all upstream and downstream partners. Records must be provided to the
FDA within 24 hours of request.
Producers Processing & Mfg Carriers Distribution Hub Importers Retail
Information Security × Diversity & Inclusion Inclusive Automation
Trigger: biometric access logs or algorithmic shift-scheduling software
Processors using automated shift-scheduling software must check it for unfair
outputs — for example, excluding workers from shifts on religious holidays or during
FMLA/ADA-protected medical leave. Access log data matters for both EEOC requirements
and industrial control system security.
Processing & Mfg Distribution Hub
Information Security Food Defense (21 CFR 121)
Trigger: vulnerability to Intentional Adulteration (IA Rule)
A facility's digital access-control system (badge readers, biometric locks) helps
prove its FDA Food Defense Plan. Unauthorized access to bulk liquid storage tanks or
open mixing bays is both an information security breach and a food defense failure,
so a single audit finding can create exposure on both fronts.
Producers Processing & Mfg Distribution Hub