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Ready-to-Eat Deli Salads

Refrigerated ready-to-eat deli salads, including egg salad, potato salad, pasta salad, and seafood salads.

Last verified: February 2026 against 21 CFR Part 1 Subpart S

Foods on the FTL (4)

Egg salad
egg salad sandwich filling
Potato salad
german potato saladred potato salad
Pasta salad
macaroni saladitalian pasta salad
Seafood salad
shrimp saladcrab saladlobster saladtuna saladimitation crab salad

What's NOT on the FTL

These items are explicitly excluded from the Ready-to-Eat Deli Salads category and do not require FSMA 204 traceability records.

×Meat-based salads (chicken salad, ham salad, turkey salad)
×Shelf-stable salads
×Frozen prepared salads
×Green/garden salads (covered under leafy greens or fresh-cut)

Required Critical Tracking Events (3)

Each CTE requires specific records to be created and maintained for Ready-to-Eat Deli Salads.

Receiving

The act of receiving a food at a facility other than a farm.

Applies to: All entities in the supply chain except farms

Transforming (manufacturing, cooling, packing)

An event that changes the Traceability Lot Code (TLC) of a food, including manufacturing, processing, packing, re-packing, and labeling.

Applies to: Processors, packers, manufacturers

Creating (first TLC assignment)CoolingPacking/Re-packingManufacturing/Processing

Shipping

The act of shipping a food from one location to another.

Applies to: All entities shipping FTL foods

Required Key Data Elements (6)

These data fields must be recorded and maintained for each Critical Tracking Event involving Ready-to-Eat Deli Salads.

Traceability Lot Code
Quantity and Unit of Measure
Product Description
Location of manufacture
Date of manufacture/receipt/shipment
Reference Document Number

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