FSMA in relation to food chain could mean field to fork trace-ability on animal production and feed sources.
BSE crisis demonstrated the need to control and manage what went into animal feed.
Arguably most of the issues arose from greed of corporations, not actions of the farmer.
FDA had already established a record keeping rule requiring food industry to maintain what they bought from who, and who they sold food to.
As far as farmers? This may be as simple as recording that Farmer Smith bought 2000 small square bales made from the field next to the barn.
Could be as complex as requiring full nutrient management and input records in relation to sales or past historical uses of the land.
1) Hay grown on a field that has been farmed for 40 years and has ammonium nitrate applied.
2) Hay grown on a field that was reclaimed from a former industrial site high in heavy metals and toxins that has had untreated city sewage applied to it.
I wouldn't worry about anything until being forced to do it.
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