# SAM #12-3J14-Notice-26-024 USDA AMS updates federal purchase specifications and compliance requirements for eggs and egg products **Buyer:** USDA AMS 3J14 **Posted:** October 15, 2026 **Respond By:** January 01, 2027 **Identifier:** 12-3J14-Notice-26-024 **NAICS:** 311999, 424440 USDA AMS has updated federal purchase specifications for whole eggs and egg products used in food and nutrition assistance programs. - **Opportunity scope:** The notice updates purchase specifications and compliance requirements; actual purchases are made through AMS Master Invitations for Bid and solicitations. - **Products covered:** Hard-boiled whole eggs, whole eggs (including bulk liquid whole eggs, product code 100047), all-purpose egg mix, and egg patties. No purchase quantities are stated. - **Compliance:** Contractors must meet AMS Quality Assessment Division requirements through grading-based monitoring and certification or audit-based acceptance. AMS plans to transition to audit-based acceptance beginning January 2027. - **Proposal and sample requirements:** Audit-based eligibility requires product-specific technical proposals and sample review by AMS’s Standards and Specification Division. A 5-pound sample is required, or two samples if a sample unit weighs less than 5 pounds; no sample is required for bulk liquid whole eggs (100047). - **Contractor responsibilities:** Contractors bear the costs of compliance services, assessments, audits, product examinations, and required documentation. Post-award facility audits and product monitoring may apply. - **Other specification updates:** The notice references Quality Assessment Division acceptance, the AMS domestic commodity procurement invitation, Food Safety and Inspection Service policy, and removal of the USDA generic UPC label requirement. - **Timing:** The supplement is effective October 2026; the planned audit-based acceptance transition begins January 2027. No contract-specific performance period is provided. - **Commercial details:** No OEMs, vendors, prices, quantities, or contract value are identified. ### Description

The Agricultural Marketing Service has posted an updated Federal Purchase Program Specification for Whole Eggs and a Supplement for Egg Products. Updates include Quality Assessment Division (QAD) acceptance, AMS Master Invitation for Bids Domestic Commodity Procurement (MIFB-D), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) policy, and the removal of the USDA generic UPC label requirement.




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