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Smoked Finfish

Cold-smoked and hot-smoked finfish. Includes refrigerated, frozen, and previously frozen products.

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

Foods on the FTL (6)

Smoked salmon
loxnovagravlaxcold-smoked salmonhot-smoked salmonkippered salmon
Smoked trout
Smoked whitefish
Smoked mackerel
peppered mackerel
Smoked sablefish
smoked black cod
Other smoked finfish
smoked herringkippered herringsmoked haddockfinnan haddie

What's NOT on the FTL

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

×Shelf-stable smoked fish products (e.g., canned smoked oysters)

Required Critical Tracking Events (3)

Each CTE requires specific records to be created and maintained for Smoked Finfish.

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 (smoking, 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 Smoked Finfish.

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

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