FSMA 204 · July 2028 deadline
FSMA 204 compliance,
built for the people
who grow the food.
ActaPath connects small farms and co-packers on one traceability platform. Log a harvest in 30 seconds. When the FDA calls, you'll have everything they need — ready in one click.
Sound familiar?
If you grow or pack foods on the FDA's Food Traceability List, these problems aren't hypothetical.
Your lot tracking lives in spreadsheets — and you know it.
Spreadsheets can technically meet FSMA 204 requirements — if they're perfectly maintained, consistently formatted, and can be converted to sortable electronic records within 24 hours under pressure. That's the part that keeps people up at night.
Your grower ships without a lot code. You're the one stuck.
FSMA 204 requires each covered entity to maintain its own records. When your supplier's data is missing, you can't fill in the gaps retroactively. Their compliance gap becomes your compliance gap.
24 hours to respond to an FDA records request. Your lot codes are in three different files.
The 24-hour records production requirement doesn't come with a grace period. If a foodborne illness investigation triggers a request, FDA expects sortable electronic records — not a search through shared drives.
You're packing for 8 different clients — and tracking all of them separately, manually.
Co-packers who handle produce for multiple brand clients need separate, clean traceability chains for each. One platform. No cross-contaminated records. No manual reconciliation.
What ActaPath looks like in practice
Not a feature list. What actually changes when your traceability chain is working.
Audit-ready in minutes, not days.
Every lot has a complete record from harvest through shipping. One click generates a sortable electronic export in the format FDA specifies. The 24-hour clock stops being terrifying.
Your grower's data is already there when you receive the shipment.
When a grower on ActaPath logs a harvest and assigns a lot code, that data flows directly to your receiving record. No emails. No re-entry. No broken chain at the handoff.
Multiple clients, cleanly separated. No mix-ups.
Each client's records are completely separate — their lots, their events, their exports. Transformation events — where multiple incoming lots become an outgoing product — are tracked with full input-to-output linkage.
A traceability plan that's actually maintained — not filed and forgotten.
FSMA 204 requires a written traceability plan describing your procedures, FTL foods, and lot code conventions. ActaPath generates it from your actual records — not a template you fill out once and hope stays current.
FSMA 204 native data model
CTEs, KDEs, TLCs built to 21 CFR Part 1, Subpart S — not bolted on to an existing platform.
Built for small operations
No IT team required. No implementation consultant. Designed for 1–20 person operations.
24-hour records request? Ready.
Generate a compliant FDA export in one click — sorted, filtered, formatted as required.
Grower-to-packer data flow
The only platform where a grower's harvest data flows directly to the co-packer's receiving record — no re-entry.
Who is ActaPath for?
Two sides of the same supply chain. One platform connecting both.
Built for growers
Log harvest, cooling, and initial packing events from your phone. Assign lot codes at the point of origin. Share data with co-packers automatically — no spreadsheets, no emails.
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Built for co-packers
Receive supplier data directly. Track transformation events where multiple incoming lots become outgoing product. Keep each client's records cleanly separated. Export to FDA format in one click.
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About the rule
"FSMA 204 isn't an update to existing food safety rules — it's a new traceability standard that stacks on top of Produce Safety and Preventive Controls."
The Food Traceability Rule (21 CFR Part 1, Subpart S) adds requirements beyond "one step forward, one step back" — specific data elements at every tracking event, lot codes from the point of initial packing, and a 24-hour electronic records production obligation. Enforcement date: July 20, 2028.
Not sure if you're covered? The rule applies to handlers of foods on the FDA Food Traceability List. Small operations may qualify for exemptions — we can help you check.