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8. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. The precooked, sliced bacon shall originate and be produced, processed, and stored in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Meat Inspection Regulations of the USDA. The delivered precooked, sliced bacon shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, and sale of precooked, sliced bacon within the commercial marketplace.
9. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS. Purchaser shall specify 9.1 or 9.2; purchaser may specify 9.3.
9.1 Manufacturer's/distributor's certification. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the manufacturer/distributor will certify that the finished precooked, sliced bacon distributed meets or exceeds the requirements of this CID.
9.2 USDA certification. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order that product quality and acceptability or both be determined, the Meat Grading and Certification (MGC) Division, Livestock and Seed Program (LSP), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), USDA, shall be the certifying program. MGC graders shall certify the quality and acceptability of the precooked, sliced bacon in accordance with MGC procedures which include: selecting random samples of the packaged precooked, sliced bacon, evaluating the samples for conformance with the salient characteristics of this CID and other contractual requirements, and documenting the findings on official MGC score sheets and/or certificates. In addition, when required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, MGC graders will examine the precooked, sliced bacon for conformance to the United States Standards for Condition of Food Containers in effect on the date of the solicitation.
9.3 Product examination. FOR NON-DOD PROCUREMENTS ONLY. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, USDA shall conduct the following product examinations.
9.3.1 Pouch vacuum examination. The filled and sealed pouches shall be visually examined for conformance to the vacuum requirement not less than 96 hours after filling and sealing. The sealed pouch shall continue to exhibit tight adherence to the surface contours of the contents when a pulling force is applied at the center of each side seal. This force shall be applied by holding each side seal between thumb and forefinger of each hand, while simultaneously exerting a slight pull with both hands. Any evidence of loss of vacuum shall be classified as a major defect and shall be cause for rejection of the lot. The lot size shall be expressed in pouches. The sample unit shall be one filled and sealed pouch. The inspection level shall be I of ANSI/ASQ Zl.4-2008, Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes and the AQL, expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 0.65.
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