A-A-20081 Bacon, Precooked, Sliced,In Flexible PouchesThis CID covers precooked, sliced, shelf-stable bacon in flexible pouches precooked, sliced bacon, packed in commercially acceptable containers, suitable for use by Federal, State, local governments, and other interested parties; and as a component of operational rations.

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6.2.2  Sampling procedures for fat and salt content analyses.  After completion of the pouch filling and heat processing operations for each lot, 9 pouches of precooked, sliced bacon shall be randomly selected from the lot.  These 9 pouches shall be randomly distributed as follows:

-  Three shall be submitted to the laboratory for analysis (these can be part of the Aw sample pouches).

-  Three shall be submitted to the contractor.

-  Three shall be retained by the AMS agent as a reserve sample.

Analysis of reserve samples at the request of the contractor shall not be permitted unless the original analysis indicated that the involved lot will be discounted or rejected because of noncompliance with the fat or salt content requirement.  When the reserve sample is analyzed, the analyses for both fat and salt shall be made and will be considered final.  Unused reserve samples shall be returned to the contractor for inclusion in the same lot.

6.3  Analytical testing.  Analytical testing shall be made in accordance with the following methods described in the Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) of the AOAC International.

Test                             Method

Fat                               985.15, 991.36, 2007.04, 2008.06 1/

Salt                              935.47 1/

Aw                                               978.18 2/

1/   Product shall be prepared according to AOAC OMA 983.18 in that the pouch samples (3 per lot) shall be homogenously blended.

2/   See Sec. 6.2.1.

6.4  Test results.  The test results for fat and salt shall be reported to the nearest 0.1 percent. Water activity shall be reported to the nearest 0.001 value.  A mean shall be calculated for the water activity unit values (see Sec. 6.1.3).  The mean water activity shall not exceed 0.780 and no individual sample shall exceed a value of 0.860.  Any result not conforming to the analytical requirements shall be cause for rejection of the lot.

7.  MANUFACTURER'S/DISTRIBUTOR'S PRODUCT ASSURANCE.  The manufacturer/ distributor shall certify that the precooked, sliced bacon provided shall meet the salient characteristics of this CID, conform to the their own specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and be the same precooked, sliced bacon offered for sale in the commercial market.  The purchaser reserves the right to require proof of conformance.

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