A-A-20108 Cereals, Wheat, Quick-Cooking And InstantThis CID covers quick-cooking and instant wheat cereals, packed in commercially acceptable containers, suitable for use by Federal, State, and local governments and other interested parties.

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6.3 Analytical Testing. Unless otherwise specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the sample shall be analyzed using the following Official Method of Analysis of the AOAC International:

6.4 Test results. The test results for moisture, protein, and crude, fiber shall be reported to the nearest 0.1 percent. Any result not conforming to the finished product requirements shall be cause for rejection of the lot.

7. MANUFACTURER;S/DISTRIBUTOR’S PRODUCT ASSURANCE. The manufacturer/distributor shall certify that the quick-cooking and instant wheat cereals provided shall meet the salient characteristics of this CID, conform to their own specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and be the same quick-cooking and instant wheat cereals offered for sale in the commercial market. The purchaser reserves the right to require proof of such of conformance.

8. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. The delivered quick-cooking and instant wheat cereals shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, and sale of the quick-cooking and instant wheat cereals within the commercial marketplace. Delivered quick-cooking and instant wheat cereals shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, and regulations promulgated thereunder. The delivered quick-cooking and instant wheat cereals shall comply with the allergen labeling requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

9. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS. Purchaser shall specify 9.2 or 9.3; purchaser may specify 9.1 with 9.1.1 or 9.1 with 9.1.2.

9.1 Manufacturer’s quality assurance. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the product manufacturer shall be required to provide evidence, by certificate, that the manufacturing plant has undertaken one of the following quality assurance measures within 12 months prior to providing a bid, on no later than 10 business days from the date of awarding of the contract. Failure to provide this documentation within the proper time frame may result in the contract being terminated for cause.