SAM #12-3J14-Notice-26-023

USDA AMS Updates Whole-Egg Federal Purchase Specifications

USDA AMS issued updated Federal Purchase Program specifications for whole eggs, including three defined purchase units. - Opportunity status: This is a specification announcement, not a request for bids or a contract award. - Issuing office: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Livestock and Poultry Program, Standards and Specifications Division. - Products and specified purchase quantities: - Bulk liquid whole eggs without color stabilizer, part 100047: one 48,000-pound tanker. - Frozen homogenized whole eggs with color stabilizer in 2-pound cartons, part 110845: 1,600 cases totaling 38,400 pounds. - Frozen homogenized whole eggs with color stabilizer in 5-pound cartons, part 100046: 1,334 shipping containers totaling 40,020 pounds. - Requirements covered: Processing, packaging, microbiological testing, labeling, temperature, inspection, and delivery. The announcement also notes updates involving QAD acceptance, the AMS MIFB-D, FSIS policy, and removal of the USDA generic UPC label requirement. - Commercial details: No supplier or OEM is named, and the notice provides no bid deadline, contract value, or performance period.

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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. Additional Links:Product Specifications & Requirements

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