A-A-20186
June 28, 1991
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
LOBSTER TAIL, SPINY, RAW, FROZEN
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized the use of this Commercial Item Description in preference to Military Specification MIL-L-44190.
This Commercial Item Description (CID) covers spiny lobster tail, packed in commercially acceptable containers, suitable for use by the Federal Government.
Salient characteristics.
The spiny lobster tail shall be from spiny lobsters of the Family Palinuridae, Genus Panulirus, species (a) argus, (b) interruptus, or (c) marginatus. The spiny lobster tails shall be handled and processed in accordance with Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter II, Parts 260.97 through 260.104. For species P. argus and P. interruptus, processing shall be from live lobsters. For species P marginatus, processing shall be form frozen, raw lobsters only.
The product shall conform to the following net weight ranges:
Net weight ranges.
Net weight range I – 4 to 10 ounces
Net weight range II - 5 to 8 ounces
Individual tails shall not be split to meet the net weight requirement. The flesh shall be translucent (snow white), untainted by dark spots, and shall not have an opaque gray color. The product shall not have soft shell and shall be free from shell fragments and viscera. There shall be no evidence of tail damage (cuts or scars penetrating the shell or crushed shell). There shall be no evidence of dehydration, thawing, refreezing, or glazing. There shall be no foreign color or foreign odors such as, but not limited to, ammonial, putrid, or spoiled. The product shall be free from foreign material such as, but not limited to, glass, paint, metal, dirt, insect parts, hair, wood, or paper.
The spiny lobster tails shall be individually placed in polyethylene bags, placed in a freezer (maintained at 00F or less) within 2 hours of packaging, and frozen to an internal temperature of 00F or less within 24 hours.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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