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Nut Butters

Tree nut and peanut butters. Includes shelf-stable, refrigerated, frozen, and previously frozen products.

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

Foods on the FTL (9)

Peanut butter
peanut spreadnatural peanut buttercreamy peanut buttercrunchy peanut butter
Almond butter
almond spreadraw almond butter
Cashew butter
cashew spread
Walnut butter
walnut spread
Hazelnut butter
hazelnut spread
Pistachio butter
pistachio spread
Pecan butter
pecan spread
Macadamia nut butter
macadamia spread
Mixed nut butter
multi-nut buttermixed nut spread

What's NOT on the FTL

These items are explicitly excluded from the Nut Butters category and do not require FSMA 204 traceability records.

×Soy nut butter (not a tree nut or peanut)
×Seed butters (sunflower, tahini, pumpkin seed)
×Nutella and similar chocolate-nut spreads (classified differently)

Required Critical Tracking Events (3)

Each CTE requires specific records to be created and maintained for Nut Butters.

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, 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 Nut Butters.

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

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