1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food Traceability Enhancement Act . 2. Easing recordkeeping and traceability lot code requirements Section 204(d) of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act ( 21 U.S.C. 2223(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking not more than 2 years and inserting not more than 1 year ; and (2) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the following: (J) Traceability lot codes at retail food establishments, restaurants, and warehouses (i) In general The requirements under this subsection shall not require restaurants, retail food establishments, and warehouses to maintain traceability lot code information or provide traceability lot code information to the Secretary or other entities in the supply chain. (ii) Warehouse defined In this subparagraph, the term warehouse means any facility primarily engaged in the storage of food to be shipped to retail food establishments or restaurants. . 3. Pilot projects on food tracing (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall conduct at least 9 pilot projects, in coordination with food industry members operating restaurants, retail food establishments, and warehouses distributing to retail food establishments and restaurants, to— (1) measure the effectiveness of foodborne illness outbreak investigations conducted without the use of traceability lot code information; and (2) identify and evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of low-cost food tracing technologies. (b) Diversity In conducting the pilot projects required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) conduct— (A) at least 3 pilot projects in coordination with restaurants; (B) at least 3 pilot projects in coordination with retail food establishments; and (C) at least 3 pilot projects in coordination with warehouses distributing to retail food establishments and restaurants