Traceability is essential to a 21st Century food safety system. It is possible to trace the origins of our foods – industry is already doing it. Most of our food products already have labels, many companies already know their suppliers, and the technology already exists to track food from the farm to the fork. Unfortunately, we have a broken food safety system in this country that cannot determine the source of tainted foods while consumers continue to get sick. Traceability will allow us to quickly identify the source of contamination while protecting both the American consumer and industry’s bottom-line.