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3.8 Sampling and acceptance criteria for analytical testing: Eight sample cans shall be randomly selected from the lot. The contents of each shall be sample and tested for total solids, crude fiber, and sodium content. The method of analysis shall be as identified in the 3.7 Analytical requirements paragraph. The results for total solids and crude fiber will be reported to the nearest 0.1 percent. Test results for sodium will be reported to the nearest 0.1 mg per 100 gm. Each of the eight sample shall be analyzed individually and any individual result which fails the requirement given in the 3.6 Finished product paragraph for the particular type shall be cause for rejection of the lot.
4. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
4.1 The delivered vegetable purees shall comply with all applicable Federal and State mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, and sale of the vegetable purees in the commercial marketplace. Delivered vegetable purees shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.
5. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS.
5.1 Contractor’s certification. The contractor shall certify and maintain substantiating evidence that the vegetable purees offered meets the specified salient characteristics and requirements of this CID; and that the vegetable purees conforms to the producer’s own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and is the same vegetable purees offered for sale in the commercial marketplace. The Government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract.
5.2 Quality assurance. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order that the product quality or acceptability or both be determined, the Processed Products Branch (PPB), Fruit and Vegetable Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agricultural, shall be the certifying activity and shall make the determination in accordance with applicable PBB procedures. The vegetable purees shall be examined or analyzed or both in accordance with applicable provisions in the CID, solicitation, contract, or purchase order, and when applicable, the United States Standards for Condition of Food Containers in effect on the date of the solicitation.
6. PACKAGING.
6.1 Preservation, packaging, packing, labeling, and case marking. Preservation, packaging, packing, labeling, and case marking shall be as specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order.
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