A-A-20032 Potatoes, White, DehydratedThis CID covers dehydrated, white potatoes, packed in commercially acceptable containers, suitable for use by Federal, State, local governments, and other interested parties.

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6.3.4 Examination for moisture. Weigh to the nearest 0.1 mg, two, approximately 2-gram, samples of the ground, screened material (that portion which has passed through the 20 mesh screen and has been collected on the 40 mesh screen) into tared, dry, aluminum weighing dishes approximately 513.8or 63.5 mm (2 or 2-1/2 inches) in diameter and 19.1 mm (3/4 inch) in depth with tight-fitting covers. Place the dishes with cocked lids in a vacuum-oven and dry for 6 hours at 70 degrees Centigrade under a pressure of not more than 100 mm of mercury. During drying, admit to the oven a slow current of air (approximately 2 bubbles per second), dried by passing through concentrated sulfuric acid. Remove the dishes, place the lids on tightly, and allow them to cool in a desiccator before weighing. Calculate the percent of moisture in the original samples and report the average of the two samples.

6.4 Analytical testing. The sample shall be analyzed using the following Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International methods or other methods as follows:

6.5 Test results. The test results for moisture and reducing sugars shall be reported to the nearest 0.1 percent. Test results for sulfite content shall be reported to the nearest ppm. Any result not conforming to the finished product requirements shall be cause for rejection of the lot.

7. MANUFACTURER’S/DISTRIBITOR’S PRODUCT ASSURANCE. The manufacturer/distributor shall certify that the dehydrated potatoes provided shall meet the salient characteristics of this CID, conform to the their own specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and be the same dehydrated potatoes offered for sale in the commercial market. The purchaser reserves the right to require proof of conformance.

8. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. The delivered dehydrated potatoes shall comply with all applicable Federal and State mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, and sale of the dehydrated potatoes within the commercial marketplace. Delivered dehydrated potatoes shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

9. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS. Purchaser shall specify 9.2 or 9.3; purchaser may specify 9.1 with 9.1.1 or 9.1 with 9.1.2.

9.1 Manufacturer’s quality assurance. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the product manufacturer shall be required to provide evidence, by certificate, that the manufacturing plant has undertaken one of the following quality assurance measures within 12 months prior to providing a bid, or no later than 10 business days from the date of awarding of