The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service today released a proposed rule that would require all official establishments and retail stores that grind raw beef products for sale to keep records that disclose the identity and contact information of the supplier of all source materials that they use in the preparation of each lot of raw ground beef.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., praised the rule.

“This proposed rule is a good step, and if implemented in its current form, will allow USDA to recall products more quickly,” DeLauro said.

“This is crucial during an outbreak when speedy notification can keep people from becoming ill, or even dying.”

▪ Draft of proposed rule — Records to be Kept by Official Establishments and Retails Stores That Grind Raw Beef Products