MIL-DTL-44159C
4.3 Classification of inspection. The inspection requirements herein are classified as follows:
a. First article inspection (see 4.4).
b. Quality conformance inspection (see 4.5).
4.4 First article inspection. When a first article is required (see 6.1), it shall be inspected in
accordance with the quality assurance provisions of this document and evaluated for overall
appearance and palatability. Any failure to conform to the quality assurance provisions of this
document or any appearance or palatability failure shall be cause for rejection of the first article.
4.5 Quality conformance inspection. Unless otherwise specified, sampling for inspection shall
be performed in accordance with ANSI/ASQC Z1.4.
4.5.1 Component and material inspection. In accordance with 4.1, components and materials
shall be inspected in accordance with all the requirements of referenced documents unless
otherwise excluded, amended, modified or qualified in this document or applicable purchase
document.
4.5.1.1 Ham examination and condition. All ham shall be examined in either the bone-in or
boneless state for conformance to the condition requirements in 3.2.1. Any nonconforming ham
shall be rejected.
4.5.1.2 Boned and trimmed ham examination. After boning and trimming and prior to any
further processing, the ham shall be examined for the defects listed in table II. The lot size
expressed in terms of hams shall be declared to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) agent
by the contractor. However, the AMS agent reserves the right to declare as a lot a portion of a
declared lot, if, in his or her own opinion, that portion may be out of compliance with any
requirement. The sample unit shall be one ham. The sample size shall be as specified in table I.
Failure of the ham to meet the acceptance criteria as indicated in table I shall be cause for
rejection of the lot. Except for ham rejected because of not being in excellent condition, the ham
may be reworked by the contractor and reoffered for examination. For reexamination, the
sampling plan used shall be the one in table I designed for the next larger lot size than the one
under which the lot was originally rejected. Ham shall not be reexamined more than one time.
For examination, each ham selected as a sample unit shall be divided into pieces by straight cuts
made perpendicular to the cutting table surface and at an approximate right angle to the long axis
of the ham. The cuts shall be made randomly across the surface, however, no piece shall be
more than 1.5 or less than 1 inch in width. Examination shall be made on the right-hand surfaces
exposed by these cuts. The pieces resulting from this examination may be included for
processing into the end item.
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