# SAM #12-3J14-Notice-26-023
USDA AMS Updates Whole-Egg Federal Purchase Specifications
**Buyer:** USDA AMS 3J14
**Posted:** October 15, 2026
**Respond By:** January 01, 2027
**Identifier:** 12-3J14-Notice-26-023
**NAICS:** 311999
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.
### 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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