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1/ Acceptability of product with respect to the presence of foreign material (for example: glass, dirt, hair, grease, insect parts, wood, metal) shall be made by a Meat and Poultry Inspection Operations (MP10) employee.
2/ Presence of product evidencing a foreign odor or flavor (e.g., burnt, scorched, moldy, rancid, sour, staggy, or stale) shall cause rejection of the lot.
Fat and salt testing. Nine filled and sealed cans of finished product shall be randomly selected from the lot and distributed as follows:
- Three for laboratory analysis.
- Three for submission to the contractor.
- Three for retention by the AMS agent as a reserve, sample.
The three cans for laboratory analyses shall be individually tested for fat and salt contents in an AMS laboratory in accordance with the Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. The lot shall be rejected if:
a. The average fat content of the three cans is greater than 30.0 percent.
b. The average salt content of the three cans is less than 2.2 percent or greater than 2.8 percent.
Analysis of reserve samples at the request of the contractor shall not be per mitted unless the original laboratory analysis indicated that the involved lot will be 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 subsequent lots.
Regulatory requirements. The meat component and the finished product shall originate and be produced, processed, and stored in plants regularly operating under Meat and Poultry inspection Regulations of USDA. The delivered product shall comply with all applicable Federal and State mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, and sales of the product within the commercial marketplace. The delivered product shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and regulations promulgated hereunder.
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