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10.2.2 Plant survey. A plant survey conducted by USDA, AMS, or other survey performed by
a third party auditing service is required within 12 months prior to the date of the awarding of the contract. (An AMS plant survey audit verifies that, at the time of the survey, the manufacturer produces products in a clean sanitary environment in accordance with 21 CFR Part 110 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food.)
10.3 Manufacturer's/distributor's certification. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the manufacturer/distributor must certify that the rolled oats cereals distributed meets or exceeds the requirements of this CID.
10.4 USDA certification. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order that product quality and acceptability or both be determined, SCI Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program (FV), AMS, USDA must be the certifying agency. The agency inspectors must certify the quality and acceptability of the rolled oats cereals in accordance with agency procedures which include selecting random samples of the packaged rolled oats cereals, evaluating the samples for conformance with the salient characteristics of this CID and other contractual requirements, and documenting the findings on official score sheets and/or certificates. In addition, when required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, agency inspectors must examine the rolled oats cereals for conformance to the U. S. Standards for Condition of Food Containers (7 CFR Part 42) in effect on the date of the solicitation.
11. PACKAGING. Preservation, packaging, packing, labeling, and case marking must be commercial unless otherwise specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order.
12. USDA INSPECTION NOTES. When Section 10.4 is specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, USDA certification must include evaluation of the quality and condition of samples of rolled oats cereals and compliance with requirements in the following areas:
- Processing guidelines (Sec. 5).
- Salient characteristics (Sec. 6).
- Analytical requirements when specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order (Sec. 7.1). When USDA analytical testing is specified, SCI Division inspection personnel must select samples and submit them to the USDA, Science and Technology Program (S&TP) laboratory for analysis.
- Packaging requirements (Sec. 11 or as specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order).
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