A-A-20209 Beefsteak, Restructured, Grilled, ThermostabilizedThis Commercial Item Description (CID) covers thermostabilized, grilled, restructured (sectioned, chunked, chopped, or flaked and formed) beefsteak, packed in flexible pouches, suitable for use by the Federal Government and as a component of the Meal, Ready-to-Eat, Individual.

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content. The test results shall be reported to the nearest 0.1 percent. Any result not conforming to the finished product requirements, as indicated by USDA test results, shall be cause for rejection of the lot. The sample shall be prepared according to the Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC, Method Number 983.18 or 983.18A, and analyzed using the following methods:

3. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

3.1 The meat component and the finished product shall originate and be produced, processed, and stored in plants regularly operating under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The delivered grilled, restructured beefsteak shall comply with all applicable Federal and State mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, and sales of the grilled, restructured beefsteak within the commercial marketplace. Delivered grilled, restructured beefsteak shall comply in every respect to the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.

4 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS

4.1 Contractor’s certification. The contractor shall certify and maintain substantiating evidence that the grilled, restructured beefsteak offered meets the salient characteristics of this CID, and that the grilled, restructured beefsteak conforms to the producer’s own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and is the same grilled, restructured beefsteak offered for sale in the commercial marketplace. The Government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to the first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided under the provisions of the contract.

4.2 Quality assurance. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the Meat Grading and Certification Brach, Livestock and Seed Division, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), U.S. Department of Agriculture, will determine the quality assurance of the grilled, restructured beefsteak according to Meat Grading and Certification Branch procedures. The grilled, restructured beefsteak shall be examined or tested in accordance with the criteria contained in the salient characteristics of the CID, solicitation, contract, or purchase order, and when applicable, the United State Standards for Condition of Food Containers currently in effect on the date of the solicitation.